Roundup: Tax on overtime; Menopause accommodation; TRAP agreements; Employment law and fairness; Regulating AI; and This is the last newsletter.

It's great that Rhode Island is requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations for menopause. But let's get real. What does that look like and is anybody ever going to be brave enough to ask for it?

Providing training is part of having employees, particularly if you want them to have certain skills or abilities with specific software, tools, or other processes. It's a cost of doing business. We generally do not pass the cost of doing business onto the shoulders of employees.

After HR 1, aka OBBBA, employees are kinda sorta not taxed on overtime wages. Except that Congress can't regulate state overtime. And it's the middle of the year and the rules are changing. So it's going to work as a tax deduction, but only for federal overtime wages. Here's why it's a flipping nightmare.

When we boil employment law down to its essence, it's money, time, safety, and fairness. But it actually all fits under fairness. So, what does that mean?

It's essential to monitor outcomes when AI is used, pretty much anywhere. I don't think that's enough though, because you actually have to do something when you find problems.

And this is the last newsletter. Thank you so much for reading!