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Recent federal and state requirements are creating compliance pitfalls and costly exposure around worker classification, timekeeping, meal break deductions and travel time. Drawing on their experience advising healthcare organizations, Jackson Lewis Wage and Hour Group Co-Chair Justin Barnes and his colleague Andrew Bellwoar offer practical guidance for evaluating pay practices, strengthening recordkeeping and reducing risk.

As OFCCP's new rules and elimination of key disability data collection requirements take effect, significant affirmative action obligations remain in place. Government Contracts and Compliance Group Co-leader Scott Pechaitis speaks with Principal Laura Mitchell to discuss the changes' impact on certain AA programs and how contractors can approach reporting responsibilities and enforcement risks to maintain compliance.

The growing patchwork of AI laws makes maintaining consistent hiring practices and complying with notice, transparency and governance requirements more challenging for multistate employers. In this episode, We Get AI co-hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti address how the latest AI laws in Colorado and Connecticut fit into the broader employment regulatory landscape.

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Expanded "unfair dismissal" protections that could significantly increase potential liability for multinational employers with operations in the United Kingdom are coming. In this We Get Work episode, Jackson Lewis Principal John Sander and Rob Hill, head of employment at Clyde & Co London, discuss how organizations can strengthen recruitment, performance and related practices to prepare for upcoming UK employment law reforms.

Measuring what matters with AI-driven monitoring and processing tools is becoming fertile ground for legal risks in the workplace. In this We Get AI episode, co-hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti examine how AI-driven productivity tools can trigger New York City's Automated Employment Decision Tool law and other privacy requirements.

Like any form of workplace automation, AI is accelerating employee concerns over displacement, surveillance, bias, productivity measuring and more. In this We Get AI episode, hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti speak with their Jackson Lewis colleague and former NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan to get actionable advice for employers on bargaining considerations, use-case planning and employee buy-in when deploying AI responsibly.

Between renewed judicial scrutiny and increased state skepticism, arbitration agreements for healthcare workforces face a number of considerations. In this episode, Healthcare Industry Co-Leader Stephanie Peet and Arbitration Principal Joe Wientge discuss ways employers can design and execute arbitration programs to withstand challenges while supporting efficient single-plaintiff and class-action dispute resolution.

President Trump's Executive Order 14398 is being called "the most aggressive step" taken to target federal contractors' assumed engagement in race discrimination via DEI programs. Jackson Lewis Government Contracting and Compliance Group Co-leader Scott Pechaitis and Principal Matt Camardella clarify the March 2026 order's heightened requirements and provide practical ways for contractors to assess their DEI programs, manage supplier obligations, prepare for contract modifications, and monitor developments to avoid potential exposure under the FAR and False Claims Act.

California and the EU's frameworks for protecting personal information and assessing related high-risk practices raise compliance complexity for employers. In this episode, Jackson Lewis' Mary Costigan and Michael Witteler of Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law contrast the definitions and processes in the CCPA's new risk assessment requirements and the GDPR's data protection impact assessments.

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