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AI Executive Order Spurs New Look at Exchange Visa Skills List

The State Department is in the midst of overhauling a list of skills and occupations requiring foreign students and scholars on J-1 exchange visitor visas to return to their home countries after completing their programs before they can pursue careers in the US.

Starbucks Debuts Timeline for Upping Benefits at Unionized Cafes

Starbucks Corp. announced a timeline for granting pay increases and additional benefits to workers at unionized stores who were excluded when they were first rolled out in 2022.

Biden Scrutiny of Labor Competition Extends to Bank Noncompetes

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s updated bank merger guidelines for the first time seek to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts when banks are eyeing deals, extending the Biden administration’s focus on labor market competition.

Transgender Lieutenant’s Pronoun Bias Case Revived by 11th Cir.

A transgender male corrections officer demonstrated that he suffered intentional and repeated misgendering by supervisors and co-workers at the Georgia Department of Corrections, a federal appeals court found.

New Rule Lets Union Reps Accompany Workplace Safety Inspectors

Non-employees will be allowed to accompany and advise OSHA officials during workplace safety and health inspections under a new final rule from the agency taking effect May 31.

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Professor Wins Some Covid-Based Bias Claims Over In-Person Rule

Pennsylvania’s Kutztown University violated disability discrimination law when it repeatedly denied a business professor’s requests to teach remotely as an accommodation for an eye condition that left her at greater risk from the Covid-19 virus, a federal judge ruled.

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Syngenta Pulls China IPO Application After Three-Year Wait (2)

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Boeing Heard. It Just Didn’t Listen: Sarah Green Carmichael

The strange thing about Boeing Co.’s crisis is that so many people saw it coming — and tried to stop it. The planemaker’s safety problems have been obvious since two 737 Max jets crashed in late 2018 and early 2019, killing 346 people. Boeing’s engineers were warning managers of potential quality problems as far back as 2001. But Boeing executives must not have listened and the 737 Max crashes apparently weren’t a sufficiently loud wake-up call.

The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?

The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?

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Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (D.D.C.)

A federal court denied the District of Columbia’s motion to dismiss the race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1983 of an Afro-Latino police officer fired for alleging cheating on a sergeant’s promotional exam, finding that he sufficiently pled municipal liability. Garcia v. District of Columbia, 2024 BL 84919, D.D.C., 22-1487 (CKK), 3/14/24

Case: Discrimination/Race Discrimination (M.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal district court granted summary judgment to CSX Transportation, Inc. on a race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law of a Black crew operations supervisor who alleged that she wasn’t reinstated upon her return from medical leave. Wilson v. CSX Transp., Inc., 2024 BL 87406, M.D. Fla., 3:21-cv-1212-TJC-PDB, 3/15/24

Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (M.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal district court denied summary judgment to United Parcel Serv., Inc. on a retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and state law of a Black package car driver who alleged that he was terminated after filing race discrimination grievances. McKnight v. UPS, 2024 BL 87403, M.D. Fla., 6:22-cv-622-PGB-RMN, 3/15/24