News & Analysis as of September 20, 2024

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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

ADA Litigation Lessons Surfaced From a Zamboni Machine

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/5/2019

Employers, you see this movie all too often. You tolerate, and then ultimately discharge, a poor-performing employee who displays a bad attitude. Unfortunately, supervisors have not documented the employee’s prior instances...more

Web Exclusive: Don’t Panic! 3 Things Dealerships Need To Know About Latest ADA Court Ruling

Fisher Phillips on 5/13/2019

For all employers, dealerships included, complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can seemingly be one of the most challenging tasks for management and human resources. Not only does it seem like there is a...more

Ask Fisher & Phillips: Our Top 10 Questions From Dealers (Part Three)

Fisher Phillips on 8/11/2015

This edition of “Ask Fisher & Phillips” picks up where our last newsletter left off – here is the concluding segment of the “Top 10 Questions from Dealers” from the past year....more

Third Circuit Says Employer Did Not Retaliate Against Employee by Disallowing Tape Recording of Disciplinary Meeting

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/10/2015

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to engage in an interactive process to determine if a qualified individual with a disability can perform the essential functions of the job through provision of...more

Ten New Year’s Resolutions Retail Employers Should Consider Making in 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/14/2015

Now that the busy 2014 holiday shopping season is over and the new year has begun, it’s a good time for retail employers to take a breath and think about 2015—what’s coming, what issues they should be watching, and what...more

Employment Law 101: Americans with Disabilities Act

Gray Reed on 12/5/2014

Who does it apply to: The law applies to all employers with 15 or more employees. What is the issue: It is against the law to discriminate against an employee or a prospective employee based on a disability the person...more

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