HR Regulation

Lawmakers are increasingly scrutinizing employers' use of AI and automated decision tools to set or influence employee compensation, with the stated aim of curbing potentially discriminatory impacts resulting from the use of algorithmic wage setting and increasing transparency to employees and applicants regarding the use of such technology.

Workers in several sectors have already won contracts that constrain how monitoring data can be used for attendance, performance evaluation, discipline or interference with protected activity, according to the UC Berkeley Labor Center's inventory of union contracts.

New leadership often means big changes, and in this era of mass layoffs, does a CEO change mean big workforce reductions are a guarantee? Recent headlines wouldn't disprove that theory.

HR can't control the narrative after the layoff notices go out, but it can work to ensure the experience is steeped in company values and genuine empathy, that messaging is clear and comprehensive enough, that company statements aren't just words on paper and that laid-off employees have access to real support and resources.

Unlike large companies, small business founders and HR leads are navigating six major tax code changes, new retirement plan credits and reporting rules, multi-state payroll compliance, and shifting trade costs largely on their own.

The message cited "Oracle's current business needs" and efforts to drive "broader organizational change" among the factors driving the decision.