Artificial intelligence emerged as the newest battleground in lawmakers’ debate over how far behind the federal government is in regulating workplace safety, with Republicans on a House panel pressing for a more flexible, industry-led approach.
AI changes work itself: who stays employed longer, who exits earlier, which employers can spread costs and governance through pooling, and which collectively bargained industries see their contribution base strengthened or weakened, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel Krause in the second of a two-part article.
American workers at a construction company, including Hispanic employees, were discriminated against through slurs and being excluded from conversations in Spanish, the EEOC said in a new lawsuit.
The UK’s accounting watchdog has fined two former finance directors of Carillion Plc, marking what it called the end of its investigations into the construction giant whose 2018 collapse triggered demands for an overhaul of audit regulations.
The National Labor Relations Board’s quest for a temporary bargaining order against a truck dealership and related staffing firms ran headlong into resistance from a pair of Republican-appointed appeals court judges.
The US Court of Federal Claims must reconsider whether Anders Construction Inc. is qualified to win an Army Corps of Engineers contract for diving services in Louisiana, the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Athena Construction Group Inc. must pay about $1 million for violating the False Claims Act by making misrepresentations about its eligibility to receive contracts set aside for HUBZone companies, a Washington jury ruled Monday.
The current effects of AI on retirement plans are operational, fiduciary, and uneven across plan types, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel W. Krause in the first of a two-part article.
A federal gasoline tax holiday as proposed by President
In a rare order the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out a case after hearing oral arguments, putting aside the chance to resolve a split over liability tests for construction worksite injuries.
The 2017 tax overhaul included incentives to invest in distressed communities. Investors benefit from tax breaks and the designated opportunity zones benefit from economic investment, but critics say already-wealthy investors don’t need these breaks.
Get the latest legal, regulatory, and enforcement news and analysis, as well as in-depth business and industry covering in the following areas:
