Restaurants are expected to continue facing wage and hour lawsuits by workers with specialized roles, such as sous chefs, sushi chefs, sommeliers and oyster shuckers, panelists said at the New York City Bar Association's gathering of hospitality lawyers, adding that the analysis in such litigation remains case by case.
Several recently signed California laws imposing new rules on companies that use artificial intelligence to manage their workforces include broad concepts that experts said could give the statutes wider reach than employers may be anticipating. Here are four questions compliance experts have about the state's new AI laws.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined an invitation by a group of Washington firefighters to clarify whether the court's landmark 2023 decision in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers accused of illegally denying religious accommodations to show that the workplace adjustments present an actual hardship.