Disputes Albanese bets on new Fair Work Court to speed up dispute resolution Expert judges to staff new adjudication route as antidote to growing Fair Work Commission backlog Platform Workers Ride-hailing platforms block NYC’s new driver deactivation protections Removing contractual ability to dismiss drivers at any time violates constitutional protections, Uber and Lyft argued Politics EEOC votes to end decades-old workplace diversity reporting rule “See no evil, hear no evil” approach could leave agency ill-equipped to handle discrimination claims, sole Democrat warns Community K&L Gates adds new partner from Kilpatrick Townsend Restrictive covenant expert Brodie Erwin reinforces firm’s “commitment to continued growth” in North Carolina Community Fisher Phillips absorbs Dallas boutique Stewart Law Group Founding partner Amy Stewart, a player “everyone wants on their team”, to co-lead sports industry team Confidentiality Prediction markets create new insider trading risks for employers Growing popularity of event-based trading platforms is prompting employers to rethink confidentiality rules and compliance efforts Discrimination EEOC reaches major settlement with Battelle over vaccination policy Watchdog secures another multi-million-dollar agreement amid record-breaking year for religious accommodation payouts Pensions India weighs new pension fund for informal workers System would offer flexible payment schedules to accommodate fluctuating incomes Community Jackson Lewis recruits chief legal officer from K&L Gates William “Bart” Gabler brought in amid ongoing investment and modernisation push at national firm 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. In-house interview I was overwhelmed by what I didn’t know after moving in-house Private Practice Leaders Ashurst Perkins Coie goes live. But what can clients expect from the merger? In-house interview There’s never just an employment law answer