Roundup: The limits of AI; 50 state noncompete law guide; CA workplace safety law; When to give 401(k) notices; CO’s pay transparency law guidance
Salary.com Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review
Welcome to Salary.com's Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review.
Our editor, employment lawyer Heather Bussing, is tracking legislation, cases, and analysis to give you the latest critical HR topics.
This week we're answering the questions:
- How do we approach what we don't know about AI?
- Are the holidays over and can I please be a fat bear?
- Is there really a guide to the noncompete and trade secret laws of all 50 states?
- How do I get ready to comply with California's new workplace safety laws?
- Who do I give 401(k) retirement plan notices to and when are they due?
- Does Colorado's pay transparency laws make any sense yet?
AI and the Bigger Picture
The only way for AI to get better is to use it. While we're figuring it out, which is pretty much forever, we need to promote using our human skills of compassion, wonder, empathy, creativity, and care.
Great Reference on State Noncompete Laws
Here's Seyfarth's updated reference that summarizes noncompete and trade secret laws of all 50 states. I love and use these references and appreciate the time and work that goes into creating them. It's a confusing area of the law that combines statutes, case law, and the ability to understand what's truly at stake.
CA's New Workplace Safety Law Q & A
California's new workplace safety law requires that employers come up with a plan, know how to use it, and report certain workplace violence. This a is great list of questions and answers about California's new workplace safety law, whether it applies to your organization, and how to comply. .
Quick Guide to 401(k) Notices
I don't know much about 401(k) retirement plans or their evil step-mother ERISA. This is primarily because they frighten and confuse me. And well, there are enough law things that are frightening and confusing, like most of them. And I have limits. So, here we are.
Here's a quick guide to giving 401(k) retirement plan notices. Thank you to the Bricker Graydon team for making all this a little less frightening and confusing.
Colorado's Audacious Pay Transparency Cluster
Colorado started with a confusing, overly complicated pay transparency law, then amended it, then an agency issued guidance on some of the amendments. It's ambitious and audacious, and a complete cluster.