Awards Nominations open for IEL Awards 2026 Fourth annual awards ceremony includes new and updated categories celebrating the world’s best practitioners ESG Eco-anxiety and rise of the “climate quitter” pose retention, wellbeing challenges Reporting higher levels of stress, many Gen Zs are willing to leave employers they see as falling short on sustainability Data Protection Meta hits pause on AI-powered employee tracking after internal data leak Privacy lapse reignites concerns over workplace surveillance as US lawmakers push new limits on employer monitoring and algorithmic management Artificial Intelligence JD.com predicts robots will make couriers obsolete in China Company chair is committed to retraining nearly 1 million-strong delivery driver workforce Community Latham & Watkins welcomes lateral from Ropes & Gray in New York Transactions expert Pascal Mayer “brings exceptional skills and strength” to exec and benefits team Community Gowling WLG brings in duo from KPMG Law Canada Partner Lisa Cabel and counsel Kaley Dodds offer specialised human rights and complex labour law expertise LGBTQ+ DOJ refers MLB to equalities watchdog over Bible verse dispute Baseball league accused of religious discrimination after players were warned for adding scripture to Pride-themed caps Modern Slavery Starbucks faces renewed Brazilian forced labour class action in US court Complaint alleges coffee chain benefitted from human trafficking and forced labour within its supply chain Community Seyfarth nabs former DLA Piper head in Sydney Veteran Nicolas Turner adds multi-jurisdictional experience after practising in Europe and Asia Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the third Global Employment Summit will take place on Thursday 15th October at Convene 117 W 46th Street, New York.The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. Private Practice Leaders Neurodiversity is a defining workplace issue that’s here to stay Private Practice Leaders Building a mothership platform, one location at a time Private Practice Leaders “Evolution, not revolution”: Susannah Kintish takes the helm at Mishcon de Reya