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Shadow AI exposes your company’s most sensitive data to leaks, may violate the privacy of clients/customers/employees and worse. How big a problem is this?

A Colorado jury awarded $11.5 million to a former Society for Human Resource Management employee on race-discrimination and retaliation claims. Employers do not need to take a side to learn from what happened. The themes in this case surface in workplaces of every size.

Employers may not realize they’re perpetuating past discrimination by not equalizing pay across protected characteristics. Nor may they realize, for example, that female employees in one division whose jobs are substantially equivalent to male employees in another division are being underpaid. That lack of awareness may end up costing an employer thousands, if not millions, of dollars in a lawsuit.

In a case that illustrates how much even minor wage-and-hour violations can rack up huge bills, Starbucks cafés in New York City will pay over $38.9 million to workers shorted on pay or otherwise harmed by poor wage-and-hour practices.

Pennsylvania just became the 28th state to pass a version of the model legislation, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.

You likely have an artificial intelligence policy that limits which AI system employees may use, as well as how and when they should. That’s necessary because some AI systems may retain information employees input into their search, potentially exposing trade secrets and confidential information.

2025 has proven to be a tough year for employers seeking to create an equitable workplace. With the new administration challenging the legality of some DEI policies, employers have had to make changes. The ABA was ready with suggestions.

When compliance, culture, performance and development all compete for space on the same calendar, the year can quickly become crowded or lopsided. A strong 2026 plan doesn’t start with picking courses; it starts with mapping the year’s natural rhythms, regulatory deadlines and awareness months so training lands when it’s most timely and relevant.

We want to encourage our staff to perform volunteer work and therefore want to begin offering PTO for doing so. Can we limit the kind of volunteer work we will allow PTO to be taken for?

Every year, employers must remind employees of policies regarding paid or unpaid time on a holiday. If you haven’t already done so, with Christmas and other observances approaching, now’s the time to send those messages.