The U.S. Department of Labor's recently finalized rule changing financial disclosure requirements for unions will increase the reporting burden on some of the largest labor organizations in the country, experts said.
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A Colorado federal judge rejected Wednesday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information from a job applicant screening company, stating the court would not grant the agency "unlimited" investigatory power when the bias probe had key deficiencies.
Artificial intelligence tools' ability to come up with assignments and review workers' performance could support findings that an independent contractor is an employee under federal law, as the labor department's new proposed rule for independent contractors puts particular emphasis on employers' control, attorneys say.