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‘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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Federal Job Applications Will Soon Have Essay Questions About Trump’s Executive Orders And Government Efficiency A set of new essay questions will be added to federal job applications as part of an executive order from the president that seeks to reform the federal hiring process.

Federal job seekers quizzed on Executive Orders and how they would support them www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

New ruling dials back EEOC protections for transgender employees newenglandbizlawupdate.com/2025/05/28/n...

Current Openings Take a look at the current openings at National Employment Law Project

The National Employment Law Project is hiring a Vice President of Programs and Strategy based in New York City, Washington, DC, or Berkeley, CA.

A full job description and application instructions can be found here: nelp.bamboohr.com/careers

Gavriela Bogin-Farber and Anna Bottrell on
Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
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National Law Day of Action

National Law Day of Action May 1: For bar associations, lawyers, the public
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Workers' Rights Webinar: Youth Workers Having a job as a young person can have many benefits, but it can come with risks too. From 2022 to 2023, child labor violations in the US reached their highest level in about two decades. Recent stud...

City of Boston: Youth Workers' Rights webinar April 24 from 5:30 - 7:00
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NLRB Acting General Counsel Overturns Numerous Pro-Labor Biden-Era Policies www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nl...

City of Boston is hosting a Workers’ Rights Clinic on Tues, Mar 11 from 5-7 at Josiah Quincy Upper School, 900 Washington St., Boston

‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see DOGE-inspired surge - The Boston Globe As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand.

Federal workers flock to unions www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/n...

The Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, a CUNY Institute is offering a Fellowship to be based in New York City, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @cunyslu.bsky.social

16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t Interest in union organizing is surging in the United States. Since 2021, petitions for union elections at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have more than doubled. And public support for...

16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t www.epi.org/publication/...