Governor Hochul will direct the NYDOL to amend the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act regulations to require that employers disclose in their NY WARN notices whether layoffs are related to the employer’s use of AI.
Last week, OSHA published a notice in the Federal Register that it was withdrawing its proposed rule, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings, effective immediately.
On December 19, 2024, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved a proposal to make permanent amendments to its regulation regarding occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the general industry sector.
On January 9, 2025, the Biden administration’s Title IX Final Rule was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, which declared the regulations unconstitutional for all schools nationwide.
In the absence of federal regulation, several states have either passed or are considering legislation aimed at mitigating the risk of an employer’s use of an AI system resulting in algorithmic discrimination.
2024 was quite a year in unfair competition and trade secrets law, with the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule on non-competes garnering widespread mainstream media attention.
New York is set to regulate the working conditions of fashion industry professionals and the conduct of employers in the fashion, entertainment, and retail industries that employ them or engage their services.
On January 9, 2025, the Department of Labor announced its annual inflation adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2025. The higher penalties will take effect for violations issued on or after January 15, 2025.
