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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 -

Hong Kong: Think twice before filing an employment claim directly to the High Court

Ius Laboris on 1/22/2024

Under Hong Kong’s court rules, the Labour Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction over claims for money damages arising from an employment contract or the Employment Ordinance. A recent decision highlights the pitfalls in...more

Patience is a Virtue: NJ Appellate Division Affirms Settlement of Discipline Bars Recovery Under the NJLAD

Genova Burns LLC on 6/21/2023

On May 1, 2023, in Onukogu v. New Jersey State Judiciary, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgement in favor of the employer, affirming the dismissal of the...more

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. In This Month’s E-News: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/31/2023

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. (January 2023) -Hired under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), staff referred to as IPAs assist the National Science Foundation (NSF) as temporary directors,...more

Managers Strike Back? What Sports Organizations Need to Know as Misconduct Accusations Lead GMs to Team Up

Fisher Phillips on 12/10/2021

The recent termination of Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Neil Olshey has brought workplace culture and bullying to the forefront of professional sports’ front offices nationwide. As shown in the Olshey case, teams...more

Court Upholds Employee’s Termination for Violating Employer’s Social Media Policy

Saiber LLC on 5/17/2021

On March 4, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania which ruled in Ellis v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp....more

Third Circuit Affirms Termination of Employee for Facebook Post that Advocated Violence

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 3/18/2021

On June 30, 2018, Lisa Ellis signed into her personal Facebook account and commented on a news story about a councilman who had been arrested for driving a car through a crowd of demonstrators protesting the untimely death of...more

Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer

Cozen O'Connor on 4/17/2020

This is Part 2 of Mike Schmidt's 2-part episode pitting employee/plaintiff-side lawyer Hope Pordy, Esq. against employer/defendant-side lawyer Jeremy Glenn, Esq. to finish debating some interesting HR topics....more

AI, Automation, & Wearable Technology: Modern Tools in the Modern Workplace

Verrill on 2/20/2020

On Thursday, January 30, members of Verrill’s Labor & Employment Group and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group conducted a full-day seminar on employment law topics to prepare HR professionals, managers, and...more

Men Refusing To Work Alone With Women: The HR And Legal Guide

Fisher Phillips on 12/11/2019

Can a sincerely held religious belief – or a wife’s personal jealousy – justify a male employee refusing to work with women coworkers or other professional contacts? A federal district court in North Carolina is poised to...more

“Financial Core” – A Dissident Writer’s Recourse

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/10/2019

Amid the confusion and tensions of the WGA-ATA dispute over packaging fees and agency ties to affiliated production entities, more than 7,000 termination letters have been sent out to non-franchised agents who once...more

Deputy Lawyer; WGA Tries Preemption Route in ATA Dispute

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/5/2019

The ongoing dispute between the Writers’ Guild of America (“WGA”) and the Association of Talent Agencies (“ATA”) took a new turn recently when the WGA announced that it would use the authority granted to it under the National...more

Workplace Rules! Esports Grows up and Goes to Work

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/20/2018

This week, the Washington Post reported that a professional sports team in Dallas had released one of its star players for committing multiple violations of the league’s player conduct rules, specifically its rules...more

I-17 – Engaging Your Employees in Today’s Workplace, Featuring Rick Turner at Whirlpool Corporation

Cozen O'Connor on 10/23/2017

Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses how to engage your employees in today’s unique workplace and navigate a multi-jurisdictional set of employment laws. This episode...more

4th Circuit sets a match to battalion chief's First Amendment claims

Burr & Forman on 6/12/2017

Lately, we’ve been seeing more cases in which public-sector employees accuse their governmental employer of violating the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Such claims can arise in many ways, but with the...more

Spouse Swapping Not Cool for Police Officers, Says the Fifth Circuit

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/30/2017

Just how much can you regulate a public employee’s off-duty conduct? In an interesting and rather frank opinion, the Fifth Circuit found a sheriff’s department could regulate deputies’ private conduct pretty broadly. In...more

Whacky Employment Claims: Who's Whackier? Management or the Employee?

Lewitt Hackman on 3/23/2017

As employment defense attorneys, we see many strange situations arise in the workplace. The question is, how prepared are you as an employer to handle the wackiness that may potentially arise when your employees make...more

Shock the Monkey: Police Officer Photo Post on Social Media Costs Him His Job

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/9/2016

When is a “joke” so not funny that you lose your job? The Mississippi Court of Appeals gave some direction on that question, affirming the City of Meridian’s termination of a police officer for an inappropriate (arguably...more

Match Made in Heaven: Compliance and Human Resources

The Volkov Law Group on 9/29/2016

The corporate compliance function is only as successful as its partnerships with key internal constituencies. Depending on the company and the personnel involved, compliance has to establish and maintain effective working...more

Ah, Social Media: Blurring the Lines Between Work Life and Personal Life

Baker Donelson on 5/20/2015

Andy Warhol is quoted as saying, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." How prophetic you were Andy. These days a single post on social media can travel around the world faster than you can say Snap...more

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