With AI transforming everyday HR operations comes major opportunities and significant risks for employers.  As these tools become more embedded in workplace decision‑making, they also raise serious concerns about fairness, accountability, and legal exposure. Understanding how AI works and where it can go wrong is now essential for any employer using or considering these technologies.
Our recent webcast explored these developments and offered practical guidance for employers implementing or considering AI solutions. Below are several high‑level takeaways.
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Takeaways for Employers

Among a company’s most valuable assets is its intellectual property (IP). Though often intangible, IP—innovations, concepts, designs, processes, and more—offers companies a competitive edge in the marketplace. Protecting these assets is essential for safeguarding revenue, accelerating growth, and preventing competitors from gaining an unfair advantage—and your employees can be an inside threat.
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Many employers hesitate to discipline or terminate for misconduct if the employee has recently engaged in protected activity, such as requesting FMLA, seeking an accommodation, or filing a complaint. Suspicious timing can easily lead to a retaliation claim, so the concern is understandable. But hesitation has costs too for an organization—no accountability for the misconduct, past practice is now undermined, and the employee is emboldened to commit more policy violations.
Continue Reading Seventh Circuit: Termination Following Same-Day FMLA Request Was Not
Retaliation

In our latest national state law update, we review state laws that have gone into effect or were enacted in 2026. Below is a non-exhaustive summary of major state laws that have gone into effect so far in 2026. Employers should be mindful of and continue to follow their state and local laws.
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A federal appeals court has invalidated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) standard that eased a union’s path to recognition. On March 6, 2026, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the NLRB overstepped its authority when it created a new framework for issuing bargaining orders in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC. For employers in the Sixth Circuit (Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee), this ruling limits the NLRB’s ability to impose bargaining orders under the Cemex standard.
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A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), published Feb. 26, could once again change how employers classify workers as employees or as independent contractors. With the constantly shifting tests and rules, every change, including the presently proposed DOL rule, creates the risk of mistakes that may expose businesses to audits, investigations, and lawsuits, potentially resulting in years of back pay and liquidated damages liability.
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Classification

Ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state-level disability laws, which require covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities unless doing so imposes undue hardship, remains a critical employer obligation. Despite decades of established guidance, ADA accommodation issues continue to drive a significant volume of claims and enforcement actions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state agencies. These disputes often arise not because employers refuse or are unable to provide accommodation, but because they mismanage the process or overlook key compliance steps.
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Avoid Them