After a thorough nationwide search, it is with great enthusiasm that we announce the appointment of Karen D. Woodard as the new Executive Director of the National Employment Lawyers Association […]
NIWR Presses Equal Opportunity Conditions on Charter-Cox Merger in California
New Policy Brief: AI is Not the Boss of Me
National Institute for Workers’ Rights lays out a five-part framework for meaningful human oversight as California’s Assembly weighs the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026 CONCORD, Calif. — The National […]
AI is Not the Boss of Me: A Meaningful Human Oversight Requirement for Workplace Decisions
Amazon’s software recommended terminations for warehouse workers whose productivity scores fell below algorithmically tracked thresholds.[1] Delivery drivers for the company also report being fired by an algorithm.[2] Those workers received […]
Workplace Discrimination in the Wake of Equal Opportunity Rollbacks
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 caused a social shift in corporate America. Many companies publicly committed to developing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. They hired Chief Diversity […]
