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All multinational employers face the daily, daunting challenge of monitoring and addressing global labor, employment law, and immigration challenges.

SXSW is widely known for celebrating the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture. Selected to participate in this premier event, the Jackson Lewis Technology industry group, hosted a panel on how employers can advance their DEI initiatives.

Organizations implementing ESG strategies are focused on managing their companies in ways that are ethical, transparent, and responsible to stakeholders. Equally important is implementing good governance practices, including managing privacy compliance and risk.

In 2023, the OFCCP demonstrated renewed vigor in audits, recovering $17.3 million from federal contractors for alleged hiring and compensation discrimination. It also was a year of churn, challenge, and change.

OSHA’s revised electronic recordkeeping requirements went into effect January 1 and the agency’s new proposed rule on third-party representatives participating in walk-around inspections looms. Jackson Lewis Workplace Safety and Health practice co-leaders Melanie Paul and Courtney Malveaux discuss the OSHA compliance issues on the horizon for enforcement that will impact many employers this year.

The tech theme for 2024 is more regulation. Jackson Lewis of counsel Teri Wood and principal Michelle Duncan tell you what you need to know to make AI work for you amid the rising U.S. and global pressures to regulate — and the attendant enforcement efforts sure to follow.