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Reuse Permission Walmart has asked a federal judge in New Jersey to rule that the state's law barring employers from refusing to hire job applicants because of their off-duty marijuana use can only be enforced by the state, and not individual workers, Reuters reports .

AI and Pay Transparency Another developing storyline in pay transparency is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Title VII guidance that requires employers to review whether their use of artificial intelligence (AI) creates disparate impacts, or unintentional discrimination, that may violate employment law.

Judging from the list of the 25 most-viewed articles during the past calendar year, particular subjects of interest included: ;Salary budget surveys for compensation planning; ;Employment law and regulatory compliance; ;Pay practices; ;Pay transparency; ;Job architecture; ;Hybrid and return to the office; Those are not really surprising considering prominent themes from 2024 included: ;A cooling job market; ;U.S. federal agencies issuing final rules; ;Employers and business organizations filing lawsuits against those final rules; ;American states proposing or passing pay transparency laws, as well as continuing momentum occurring at the global level; ;A tightening U.S. and global economy; ;The search for leading practices to maintain or enhance competitiveness in talent acquisition and retention; ;The continually changing state of the post-COVID-19 workplace; Check out the full most-viewed articles list below.

Key Takeaways Report: Workers Increasingly Dissatisfied, Job-Searching;Fed Agencies Receive Guidance to Boost Hiring Experience;Florida City HR Director Suspended for Improper Bonuses;Illinois Passes Law Targeting Employer Anti-Union Meetings;More Employers Offering Flexibility Around Work Hours;U.K.

Tesla to Face La wsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination and Harassment A California state court judge has denied Tesla Inc's request to throw out a lawsuit filed by the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) that accuses the electric-vehicle maker of “fostering racial discrimination and harassment at its [Fremont, Calif.] factory,” Bloomberg Law reports .

Los Angeles-based Dean Rocco, a partner in law firm Wilson Elser’s employment and labor practice, noted that the EU Parliament passed that legislative initiative in 2021 calling for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs to propose the new rules.

Our estimates of the effect of the law on employment growth or turnover are small, and statistically insignificant.

Key Takeaways ;New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect Next Month; ;Oregon to Increase Minimum Wage This Summer; ;Judge Strikes Down Workplace Protections for Transgender Employees; ;Microsoft Plans to Lay Off 3% of Workforce; Reuse Permission New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect Next Month New Jersey’s pay transparency law is set to take effect on June 1.

Access a related Workspan Daily article on this subject: ;What TR Pros Can Expect with Regulations and Compliance in 2025; Looking beyond state law, U.S. employers that with a presence in Europe also need to take heed: The European Union’s Pay Transparency Directive applies both to employers headquartered in the EU and those with any EU-based employees.