If you are interested in this issue, I write about it in my latest article, When Is Discrimination Harmful, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Happy to report that the firm of Ortiz & Moeslinger, P.C. masswagelaw.com has directed another cy pres award to the Fair Employment Project! Thank you for your support! ​

Trump administration proposes NDAs for all federal workers www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Negotiating Power Imbalance In Pro Bono Client Relationships www.law360.com/access-to-ju...

ABA Urges DOJ to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Attorney Disciplinary Actions www.americanbar.org/advocacy/gov...

Employment Agency Pushes Discrimination Cases That Match Trump’s Agenda www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...

The Supreme Court ruled on the Voting Rights Act case, striking down Louisiana’s voting map. Here's a breakdown of states where maps affecting November’s midterm election have been redone.

🧵 This is an interesting study. And I hate LinkedIn. Story time: I came across this resume study which finds that "simulations show that candidates using the same LLM as the evaluator are 23% to 60% more likely to be shortlisted than equally qualified applicants submitting human-written resumes"

New: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which took effect in June 2023, gave workers a right to reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy. But some companies still deny accommodations, causing preventable health complications or forcing pregnant workers into unpaid leave.

If you have questions about your legal rights at work and school around family caregiving, pregnancy, lactation, and more, contact our free legal helpline: worklifelaw.org/get-help/

New MCAD regulations facing pushback from the bar masslawyersweekly.com/2026/02/28/m...

Federal judge: criminal defendant waived attorney-client privilege to, and lacked work-product protections for, info in documents he created using a consumer-grade AI tool masslawyersweekly.com/2026/03/03/a...

AI prompts and outputs in discovery www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/th...

A new bill in Washington State would ban bosses from forcibly microchipping workers. The bill specifically says that an employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted for any reason.

As measles spreads, these 9 vaccine-preventable diseases could be next www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

EEOC backs away from disparate impact theory in hiring algorithm case newenglandbizlawupdate.com/2025/10/08/e...

Support workers this Labor Day by donating to the Fair Employment Project! www.fairemploymentproject.org/donateorvolu...

Federal job seekers quizzed on Executive Orders and how they would support them www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers, June 16, 5:30-7 www.boston.gov/calendar/wor...

Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

A big Trump administration cutback went nearly unnoticed www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Gavriela Bogin-Farber and Anna Bottrell on Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis www.massbar.org/publications...

Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

V.A. Mental Health Care Staff, Crowded into Federal Buildings, Raise Patient Privacy Alarms www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u...

Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

National Law Day of Action May 1: For bar associations, lawyers, the public lawdayofaction.org

City of Boston: Youth Workers' Rights webinar April 24 from 5:30 - 7:00 www.boston.gov/calendar/wor...

Federal workers flock to unions www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/n...

Students: Apply by February 7 for the UC Berkeley Labor Summer paid internship! Details and application: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

MA Gov. Issues Formal Policy Prohibiting Non-Disclosure Agreements Across Executive Branch www.mass.gov/news/governo...

The firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP has just directed a cy pres award (unclaimed moneys from class action settlements) to the Fair Employment Project! Thank you to Adam Shafran, partner at Rudolph Friedman, who represented the plaintiffs

City of Boston is hosting Workers' Rights Webinar for Uber and Lyft Workers 1/13 from 10:30-12:00 www.boston.gov/departments/...