Erika Collins

March 22, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Employers are challenged to implement AI capabilities in the workplace strategically and with caution, particularly within the realm of DEI goals and initiatives.

By Erika Collins and Megan Grant

5 minute read

August 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided guidance that AI programs will trigger Title VII discrimination violations when protected classes are disfavored in employment selection processes.

By Erika Collins and Ari Rutledge

6 minute read

February 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal

While international ethics policies are easier to implement globally because they are more general and aspirational in nature, drafting and implementing such policies is not without its challenges.

By Erika Collins and Caroline Guensberg

8 minute read

September 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Erika Collins, of Proskauer Rose, discusses cutting-edge employment benefits—another opportunity for U.S. companies to compete for talent. The article discusses egg-freezing, adoption, and surrogacy as well as the underlying challenges that U.S.-based multinational companies face when rolling out these programs globally.

By Erika Collins

22 minute read

August 24, 2015 | National Law Journal

Europe is decidedly employee-friendly, but cultural barriers hobble enforcement elsewhere.

By Erika Collins and David Reid

5 minute read

August 22, 2015 | National Law Journal

Europe is decidedly employee-friendly, but cultural barriers hobble enforcement elsewhere.

By Erika Collins and David Reid

5 minute read

December 04, 2007 | Law.com

Both the U.S. and the European Union recognize the importance of combating workplace discrimination, and have implemented laws and regulations to further that goal. In the U.S., employers can use statistical workforce data while evaluating diversity programs, ensuring compliance, and defending against discrimination claims. However, as attorney Erika Collins notes, protective data privacy regulations in the EU severely limit the collection of such data, which may be tying the hands of employers there.

By Erika Collins

11 minute read

February 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Erika Collins, a partner of Paul Hastings, and John Hamlin, chief employment counsel at Marsh & McLennan Companies, write: A significant issue facing global corporations is the potential for liability created by employees who travel overseas on what are intended to be short assignments but whose time overseas is extended long enough or cumulates over time to bring about potential violations of host country immigration, tax and Social Security laws.

By Erika Collins and John Hamlin

13 minute read

September 18, 2008 | Law.com

The concept of "global handcuffs" reflects the evolution of personnel-related business protections into widespread cross-border use by multinational companies. These measures can work, and have done so for many, say attorneys Mark Poerio, Erika Collins and Christopher Walter, but doing so in an efficient, effective manner takes care -- especially because employers face state law issues within the United States, and country-by-country differences when implementation goes global.

By Mark Poerio, Erika Collins and Christopher Walter

9 minute read

February 28, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

A significant issue facing global corporations is the potential for liability created by "accidental expatriates" — employees who travel overseas on what are intended to be brief business trips or short assignments, write Erika Collins and John Hamlin. They are usually not included in their organization's global mobility expatriate programs, and whose time overseas is extended long enough or cumulates over time to bring about potential violations of host country immigration, tax and Social Security laws. Recently, the instances of accidental expatriates are on the rise. There are several reasons for the increase in these types of employees.

By Erika Collins and John Hamlin

13 minute read