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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 -

Illinois Becomes Second State to Enact AI Law for Employers

DLA Piper on 8/26/2024

On August 9, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 3773, which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to address employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI). Illinois employers that use any automated tools to make...more

New York City Severely Limits Employers' Right to Background Checks - Recent Legislation "Bans the Box" and Forbids Credit Checks...

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/23/2015

Employers in New York City (NYC) now face restrictions on the types of information they can seek about prospective employees, either through job applications, interviews, independent research or background checks. This is due...more

Big Data in Human Resources = Big Decisions for HR Pros

Zelle LLP on 10/16/2015

Big data, data analytics, talent analytics, HR analytics, people analytics. There are many names to describe the use of data science in human resources, and as the list grows, the promise of this technology continues to...more

California Passes Law Aimed to Bridge the Gender Wage Inequality Gap

Littler on 10/6/2015

On October 6, 2015, California's Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 358, legislation intended to increase wage transparency and which will make it more difficult for an employer to defend against...more

The OFCCP’s War Path: Federal Contractors Take Note

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/24/2015

Subject to very limited exceptions, employees of federal contractors must be permitted to discuss their compensation without retaliation or fear of intimidation. Federal contractors will be required to provide paid sick...more

Blacklisting for Past Labor Violations -- Executive Order 13673

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/9/2015

Officially known as “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” Executive Order 13673 now consists of proposed guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) and proposed regulations from the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR). It...more

The Dodd-Frank Act's Diversity Policy Encourages – But Does Not Mandate – Specific Employer Action

Littler on 6/18/2015

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd-Frank Act" or "Act") authorizes certain federal agencies to assess the "diversity policies and practices of the entities they regulate." On June 10,...more

Maryland Court Rejects EEOC Challenge To Criminal Background Checks

BakerHostetler on 8/19/2013

Many employers, including the EEOC, use criminal background checks as part of their hiring processes....more

Reviewing and Updating Your Employer Compliance Checklists

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/30/2013

Given the plethora of recent changes in the employment law landscape, employers probably made reviewing compliance checklists a New Year’s resolution for 2013. From hiring employees, to training them, to auditing existing...more

Federal Construction Contractors Beware: OFCCP Wants You!

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/13/2013

Even though the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has not yet promulgated its promised revised construction contractor regulations, the agency sent the construction contracting community a clear enforcement...more

The 2012 Global Employer: Highlights of Littler's Fifth Annual Global Employer Institute

Littler on 2/22/2013

In this report: - I. Sustainable Innovations for a Changing Global Workforce - II. Forging a Global HR Team to Align with a Global Business: Transparency and Integration - III. Developing an Effective Global...more

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