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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 -

The NLRB at It Again: The Importance of Ensuring You Have Updated Employment Policies

Frantz Ward LLP on 4/17/2024

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a settlement it “secured” which required a company to rescind certain work rules and pay two discharged employees $297,000. Of note, the workers were not...more

Supreme Court of Canada Finds Exclusive Arbitral Jurisdiction in Manitoba Human Rights Disputes

Littler on 11/9/2021

In Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42, (NHRA) a six-member majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided that in Manitoba, human rights disputes arising from the interpretation, application,...more

Labor Relations 101 For Dealerships: An 8-Step Plan To Protect Your Organization

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2021

Dealerships are increasingly susceptible to employee complaints about pay and working conditions as well as employee efforts to unionize. These employee actions are generally protected by the National Labor Relations Act...more

Global Newsletter: Ogletree Deakins International Employment Update - November 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/13/2019

Welcome to the latest issue of the Ogletree Deakins International Employment Update - a newsletter aimed at human resources professionals and in-house employment counsel operating on an international basis. Please scroll...more

Canada: Alberta Court of Appeal Reminds Adjudicators to take a Modern Approach to Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace

Littler on 11/11/2019

Two years after the #MeToo Movement made the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace known worldwide, the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary (City) v. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 37,...more

Full Coverage: Singapore Employment Act to Be Expanded to All Employees - Professionals, managers, and executives soon will have...

Jones Day on 10/25/2018

On October 2, 2018, a widely anticipated bill to amend the Singapore Employment Act ("EA") was introduced into parliament. The most significant proposed change is the expansion of the core provisions of the EA to all...more

An Employer’s Notice to Employees of a Mandatory Arbitration Program May be Insufficient Basis to Compel Arbitration

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 2/1/2018

Arbitration is of course a creature of contract, and so a party may not be compelled to arbitrate unless it has agreed, or is deemed to have agreed, to arbitrate a dispute. An offeree may be deemed to have manifested its...more

Discover (or rediscover) U.S. employment law: Your questions, our answers

Dechert LLP on 4/27/2017

Companies doing business in the U.S. invariably encounter a legal system and employee relations laws that differ in many significant respects from those in other countries. The sources of U.S. law come from the U.S. federal...more

Employment Law - April 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/14/2017

Eleventh Circuit: Title VII Doesn’t Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Why it matters - In a decision that is already being cited in other courts around the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

Employment Law - February 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/27/2017

Ninth Circuit Sends Employment Dispute to Arbitration - Why it matters - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sent an employment dispute to arbitration, reversing a denial of the employer's motion to...more

LMRA Arbitration Award Upheld By The Third Circuit

Carlton Fields on 8/5/2015

The Third Circuit affirmed an arbitration award under the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”) as the decision reached by the arbitrator comported with the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between the parties....more

Nigeria: Part II

Fisher Phillips on 7/27/2015

This article is the second in a series which provides an overview of the basics of employment law in Nigeria and will focus on laws governing employment terminations, including wage and hour, termination, restrictive...more

Missouri Supreme Court “Calls an Audible,” Upholds Arbitration Agreement

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/13/2015

In recent years, Missouri courts have seemed reluctant to enforce arbitration agreements entered into between employers and employees. But in a recent decision, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed that trend and compelled...more

15 For ’15: Employment And Labor Resolutions For The New Year

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/8/2015

While the year is still young, here are 15 New Year’s resolutions that employers may want to make: 1. Make sure your “independent contractors” are really independent contractors. ”Independent contractors” are under...more

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