In the age of artificial intelligence, investigators handling workplace complaints, ethics hotline reports, and other reports of misconduct are seeing a clear shift. More of the submissions crossing their desks appear to have been drafted, at least in part, with the assistance of AI. A practice that was uncommon only recently is quickly becoming routine.
AI-Assisted Complaints Are Changing How Investigations Start Read More »
Artificial intelligence has moved into daily work faster than the governance meant to manage it. Human Resources is the function best positioned to close that gap — much as it did when social media first entered the workplace. The assignment is heavier this time. AI now touches hiring, performance management, compensation, and termination. Those are
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AI notetakers are becoming more prominent and fundamentally changing how people work by recording everything happening around them. Instead of physically taking notes during a meeting, employees can utilize AI notetakers to take detailed notes, prepare summaries, and identify follow-up items almost instantly. These tools can undoubtedly reduce administrative burden, but in doing so can
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued four new opinion letters on May 28, 2026, signed by Wage and Hour Administrator Andrew B. Rogers. These letters offer useful, if non-binding, insight into how the DOL currently interprets several common wage-and-hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A summary of each
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Bob was a solid, long-term employee. But at the company retreat, he stayed late at the bar, had a few too many drinks, and made a highly inappropriate pass at a member of the hotel staff. The hotel had enough and called you, his supervisor, to come get him. You dutifully complied and found Bob
Does your company’s employee handbook prohibit the use of Walkmans in the workplace? Does your document retention policy mention floppy disks? Does your dress code policy refer to “clam diggers” and “pedal pushers?” Does your handbook look like it was created by Dr. Frankenstein with bits and pieces from many other policies and handbooks from
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