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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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Recent EEOC Actions Show Dangers of Using Personality Tests in Hiring Process

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Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced separate settlements with CVS Caremark Corporation and Best Buy based on the companies’ use of personality assessments during the application process....more

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7th Cir. Won’t Let EEOC Skip Pre-Suit Conciliation

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When CVS fired store manager Tonia Ramos in 2011, it offered her its standard severance agreement that included a broad release of waivable claims, including claims under Title VII, but explicitly preserving the right to...more

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Court Dismisses EEOC's Challenge To CVS' Severance Agreement; Holds That EEOC Failed To Conciliate With CVS

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) made headlines earlier this year by filing a lawsuit attacking CVS Pharmacy, Inc.’s standard severance agreement, which the EEOC argued unlawfully restricts former...more

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Update on the EEOC’s Fight Against Separation Agreement Language Allegedly Limiting Employee Rights

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As we have blogged about before, the EEOC has said one of its priorities is to challenge separation agreements that, in its view, interfere with the ability of employees to file charges with the EEOC or participate in...more

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EEOC’s Tough Stance on Employee Separation Agreements

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Employers like separation agreements. Separation agreements, of course, are contracts that employees sign when their employment is terminated that allows them to be paid severance and in exchange they usually give up the...more

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The EEOC’s Assault on Separation Agreements – A Bump in the Road, But It’s Far From Over

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Most employers have separation agreement forms that have served them well over the years. The terms have become fairly standardized and, aside from the occasional tweak, they don’t change much and are rarely challenged. ...more

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Federal Court Dismisses EEOC Lawsuit Challenging CVS Severance Agreement and Release

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Employers can begin to breathe a sigh of relief after a federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the CVS drug store chain. In the lawsuit, the EEOC took an...more

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Federal Court Stops the EEOC’s Assault on CVS’s Severance Agreement

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A federal court has tossed the EEOC’s controversial lawsuit against CVS seeking to invalidate its severance agreements. While the EEOC still has a similar lawsuit pending against another company in Colorado, employers can...more

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The EEOC Strikes Again

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In a suit filed in February, the Chicago District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) argued that the separation and release agreements used by CVS Pharmacy were “overly broad, misleading, and...more

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Employment Law - Mar 05, 2014

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Time To Review Severance Agreements - Why it matters: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint against CVS Pharmacy last week. The Illinois federal court suit claims the national chain violated...more

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