NY state law now bars most employers from using credit history when making decisions on hiring, pay, promotions. www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...

Bipartisan group rolls out labor rights notification bill The new legislation would lay out requirements for labor rights notifications.

Bipartisan group rolls out labor rights notification bill www.politico.com/live-updates...

Public Enforcement of Workers’ Rights With Contingency-Fee Outside Counsel - National Institute for Workers' Rights Executive Summary The Problem: An Enforcement Crisis Workers’ rights enforcement in the United States faces a convergence of crises. Employers steal an estimated $15 billion annually in wages through ...

Public Enforcement of Workers’ Rights With Contingency-Fee Outside Counsel niwr.org/2026/04/09/p...

Everything you need to know about “no tax on tips” The 2025 Republican budget bill (sometimes called the 2025 Trump tax bill or “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) created a new federal income tax deduction for tipped income. The Trump administration has tr...

‘No tax on tips’ has been promoted by some as a win for workers. But is it? 🤔

Some tipped workers will have higher after-tax income but MOST workers—including tipped workers—will see no benefit.

@ninamast.bsky.social + @metacoop.bsky.social break down what this means for working people

Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers and social insurance systems What is misclassification? The type of misclassification addressed in this report occurs when an employer wrongly classifies an employee as an independent contractor. The problem of workers being misc...

Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers and social insurance systems www.epi.org/publication/...

Fee reduction under SLAPP reversed on appeal The Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a decision to reduce an appellate counsel fee request by an employee who brought suit under the Wage Act and successfully moved under the anti-SLAPP statute to ...

Mass SJC reverses a decision to reduce appellate counsel fee request by an employee who sued under Wage Act and successfully moved under the anti-SLAPP statute masslawyersweekly.com/2026/03/25/f...

Musicians Test AI Litigation Waters With Biometric Privacy Claim Singer-songwriters are turning to a novel approach to go after AI companies for training music generators on their songs without permission, leaning on Illinois’ unique biometric-privacy law.

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Washington State Bans Non-Compete Agreements | Insights | Holland & Knight

Washington State Bans Non-competes www.hklaw.com/en/insights/...

cAIveat Emptor: What You Tell AI Can and Will Be Used Against You Management consultants are pushing the promise of materially increased profits due to AI-created efficiencies. Businesses big and small across a wide range of industries, including commercial real est...

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The Case Was Settled, But ChatGPT Thought Otherwise: A Dispute Poised to Define AI Legal Liability | JD Supra On March 4, 2026, Nippon Life Insurance Company of America (“Nippon Life”) filed suit against OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC in U.S. District...

The Case Was Settled, But ChatGPT Thought Otherwise: A Dispute Poised to Define AI Legal Liability
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AI fuels rise in pro se employment lawsuits, report finds Lex Machina report finds rising pro se employment lawsuits in federal court as AI tools help plaintiffs file claims, though most unrepresented litigants still lose.

masslawyersweekly.com/2026/03/14/a...

‘No Tax on Overtime’ Isn’t All It Seems for Some Workers

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Washington state lawmakers consider restricting workplace microchipping OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at restricting the use of microchipping in the workplace. Proposed House Bill 2303 would specifically ban companies from requiring or p...

A new bill in Washington State would ban bosses from forcibly microchipping workers.

The bill specifically says that an employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted for any reason.

The emerging rules of the road governing AI prompts and outputs in discovery | JD Supra It is an increasingly common reality facing clients, counsel, and courts alike: to what extent are user prompts and AI-generated outputs discoverable...

AI prompts and outputs in discovery www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/th...

Labor Secretary Is a Rare Presence at Department in Turmoil

Labor Secretary Is a Rare Presence at Department in Turmoil www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

AI-induced privilege waiver rattles lawyers everywhere | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly A federal judge in U.S. v. Heppner ruled a client’s AI communications with Claude are not protected by attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine.

Federal judge: criminal defendant waived attorney-client privilege to, and lacked work-product protections for, info in documents he created using a consumer-grade AI tool

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New MCAD regulations facing pushback from bar | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Employment lawyers and civil rights groups oppose MCAD procedural changes, citing online portal mandate and expanded dismissal powers.

New MCAD regulations facing pushback from the bar masslawyersweekly.com/2026/02/28/m...

The Bot in the Witness Box: Why Your "Private" AI Chat is a Discovery Goldmine | JD Supra Imagine you’re the CEO of a major firm. You’ve just been served a grand jury subpoena. Naturally, you’re stressed. Before calling your $1,500-an-hour...

The Bot in the Witness Box: Why Your "Private" AI Chat is a Discovery Goldmine www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/th...

AI and Attorney-Client Privilege: Southern District of New York Holds Free Public AI Use Not Protected | JD Supra As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, so too do the number of headlines highlighting many new legal risks these tools present. A...

AI and Attorney-Client Privilege: SDNY Holds Free Public AI Use Not Protected www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ai...

Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 In 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. These 16.5 million ...

Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 www.epi.org/publication/...

Job Applicants Sue to Open ‘Black Box’ of A.I. Hiring Decisions

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Thank you to Adam Shafran at the firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP for directing another cy pres award to FEP! www.rflawyers.com/attorney-pro...
The award comes from settlement of an FLSA case for unpaid wages. www.fairemploymentproject.org/newsandevent...

Thank you to the firm of Ortiz & Moeslinger for directing another cy pres award to FEP! mass-legal.com
The award comes from the settlement of a case brought under Mass. law for failure to pay earned tips.
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US naval shipbuilders must face employees’ wage claims, judge rules Shipbuilding giants General Dynamics , Huntington Ingalls and others have failed to convince a U.S. judge to dismiss allegations that they conspired for years to suppress compensation for naval archit...

Class action can move forward accusing US naval shipbuilders of keeping wages low through a long-running agreement not to recruit each other’s employees. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Massachusetts has a new wage transparency law. www.mass.gov/info-details...

EEOC backs away from disparate impact theory in hiring algorithm case newenglandbizlawupdate.com/2025/10/08/e...

Unemployment Insurance and the Government Shutdown: What Federal Workers and Contractors Need to Know - National Employment Law Project What federal workers and contractors need to know to help support themselves during the government shutdown.

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Support workers this Labor Day by donating to the Fair Employment Project!
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Volunteer Opportunity for Mass. Probate, Family, Estate and Immigration Law Practitioners: Immigration Community Response Initiative www.massbar.org/membership/v...

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers This webinar will review the rights of Domestic Workers, and how to file complaints and get support should your rights be violated. Domestic workers provide services in a home. These services include ...

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers, June 16, 5:30-7
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