Roundup: AI and bias; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; RTO and FMLA; Pay transparency; Sex-plus gender discrimination
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. She and Kent Plunkett, CEO of Salary.com, also have a new book out on Pay Equity, Get Pay Right: How to Achieve Pay Equity that Works !
This week we're answering the questions:
- Which is less biased: humans or AI? Does it matter?
- Is the EEOC enforcing the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act?
- What are some employment law issues to think about with RTO?
- Are most employers really posting the pay in job ads?
- Does rationalizing discrimination work?
AI Discrimination is Human
It doesn't matter whether employers use AI in decision making or not. Discrimination is illegal and we need to do a better job of seeing it and addressing it based on outcomes rather than processes. The process is going to be biased either way.
Pregnant People Can Do Great Work
The misconceptions we have about pregnancy and work is exactly why we need the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act. Pregnant people can do great work—even though they are building a baby, wake up to a new body every day, and need regular medical checkups. This should not be controversial. Babies are good.
