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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 -
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EEOC Issues Updated Technical Guidance on COVID-19 and the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws

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The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges for employers and workplaces across the globe. While COVID is not gone, the federal government did recently end the federal public health emergency. Shortly thereafter, on...more

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EEOC Updates Screening, Testing, and Mandatory Vaccination Polices

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After several months, the EEOC has once again updated its guidance and answers regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s interaction with anti-discrimination laws, with a particular focus on the workplace screening, testing,...more

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The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from December 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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COVID-19 Pandemic New Year: What Employers Should Know

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The country begins the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic with optimism because of three Emergency Use Authorization vaccines and President Joe Biden’s direction that all states make all adults eligible for vaccination by...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

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It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

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Beware of the Top 5 Employment Law Risks Due to COVID-19

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As employers struggle to continue their operations under the “new normal” of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are already seeing a number of lawsuits stemming from the pandemic.  The following is a summary of the key issues that are...more

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The EEOC Continues to Update Guidance on Returning to Work Pandemic-Prepared

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The EEOC continues to update its pandemic preparedness guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other Equal Employment Opportunity laws in the wake of COVID-19. The guidance...more

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EEOC Updates Its COVID-19 Guidance

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On April 9, 2020, the EEOC issued additional, revised technical assistance to employers as to best practices for balancing obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with adherence to guidance from the Center...more

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Updated: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues New Guidance Labeling COVID-19 a “Direct Threat” Under the ADA, and...

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[This is an update to our March 27 post...] On March 18, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its guidance titled Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans With Disabilities Act...more

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CDC Provides New Guidance For Returning Critical Infrastructure Workers To Work Following Potential Exposure To COVID-19

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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced new Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19.  The new...more

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues New Guidance Labeling COVID-19 A “Direct Threat” Under The ADA, And Granting...

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On March 18, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its guidance titled Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans With Disabilities Act to account for the novel issues employers face...more

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COVID-19 Employment Law Update: Guidance For Employers from the CDC and OSHA; Employers Rights and Responsibilities Under the ADA...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) official declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic has a significant impact on employer and employee rights and obligations in the workplace under various state and federal...more

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EEOC Updates Its 2009 Guidance Concerning Pandemic Preparedness

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On March 19, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its 2009 pandemic preparedness guidance: Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It includes the following...more

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EEOC Updates 2009 Pandemic Guidance With Specific Guidance To COVID-19

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update to its 2009 pandemic guidance, “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the ADA,” originally detailed in our blog issued the day COVID-19 was declared a...more

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EEOC GUIDANCE On The Impact Of The ADA On COVID-19 Preventative Measures

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As you know by now, COVID-19 is changing things on a daily, if not hourly or minute by minute basis. In reviewing this advice, you must understand that guidance will change as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. As such, employers...more

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Governor DeWine Suggests That Employers Take Employees’ Temperatures Daily

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In his March 18 afternoon press briefing, Governor DeWine advised Ohio employers to take the temperatures of all employees every day and went so far as to say that if employers do not do this, the next step will be to close...more

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