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Landmark EU Legislation Will Shape the Future of Ethical AI Practices in the Workforce

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However, it’s reported that high-risk AI tooling, which includes medical devices and AI systems linked to critical infrastructure (i.e. The approval of the AI legislation arrives five years after the regulations were first proposed. electrical grids or water systems), will face more demanding requirements.

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Gig Workers’ Rights On The Line In Massachusetts Supreme Court Battle

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At the heart of the legal battle are two competing ballot measures that may also go before Massachusetts voters in November. According to a report published by Reuters , the industry-backed proposal seeks to maintain the independent contractor status of app-based drivers while providing them with some additional benefits. On the other side of (..)

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Government to scrap employment programme for disabled people

Workplace Insight

This news comes amidst Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposed benefit cuts for 420,000 sick and disabled individuals, aiming to push them into employment. New “work and health advisors” with no medical background will take on these responsibilities. Charities warn these cuts could leave many in poverty.

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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

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Proposed regulations covering white-collar employees were included in the Department of Labor’s spring 2022 semiannual regulatory agenda. General consensus: Proposed regs, if they ever are released, will raise the minimum salary employees must earn to remain exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This is prescient.

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Have a Strategic Plan So You Can Cash Out On Your Terms

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How old you are, any children you have and how old they are, and if you have credit card debt, student loans or medical debt, as well as costs for insurance, utilities and food should all factor into your list and will determine how much you need to spend each month. Make small steps to achieve your goals.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

Success

After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. So today, though I can proudly afford specialized medical or wellness services, therapy or to take an unpaid leave of absence, the majority of people in my community can’t.

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Throwing open the window to a new world of work

Workplace Insight

While at work in a Viennese Obstetric Clinic in the mid 1840s, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that mothers were far less likely to succumb to a potentially fatal infection called puerperal fever when the medical staff treating them washed their hands. And that should have been that.

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