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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 -

Key Issues for Employers following the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Closures

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/14/2023

Despite the joint statement by the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, many of our clients continue to ask about state law restrictions related to postponing payroll for employees...more

Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Decides Employment Not Continuous for Purposes of Reasonable Notice Calculation for Employee...

Littler on 6/17/2022

In Antchipalovskaia v. Guestlogix Inc., 2022 ONCA 454, the employer appealed a decision that the employee was entitled to 12 months’ notice for her dismissal without cause, which was based in part on a finding that she was...more

NYC Council Considers Legislation to End At-Will Employment in the Fast Food Industry

Cozen O'Connor on 2/12/2020

The New York City Council has proposed additional legislation that would have a major impact on businesses falling within the broad definition of “fast food establishments” and has scheduled a hearing on the bills for...more

Major Revisions to New Jersey’s WARN Act Require Payment of Severance, Expand Notice Requirements, and Increase Liability for Mass...

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/28/2020

On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Murphy enacted major revisions to the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), that make...more

Philadelphia Fair Workweek Ordinance’s Effective Date Delayed Until April, 2020

Littler on 12/5/2019

On Friday, November 29, 2019, the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Labor postponed the effective date of the Philadelphia Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance from January 1, 2020 to April 1, 2020. The Ordinance imposes...more

No Advance Notice is Required to Terminate At-Will Employment in Virginia

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/14/2016

On June 2, 2016, the Virginia Supreme Court resolved a split among the lower courts and the federal district courts in Virginia regarding the notice employers are required to provide at-will employees prior to terminating...more

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