News & Analysis as of September 23, 2024

Employer Liability Issues

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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 -

Ontario, Canada: Human Rights Tribunal Awards $120,000 Award for Discrimination in Hiring Process

Littler on 11/18/2019

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “HRTO”) recently rendered its decision on remedy in the Haseeb v. Imperial Oil Limited case, following up on its liability decision in which it found the employer’s practice of...more

PA Law will Build on Construction Employers’ Duty to Verify Work Authorization

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 10/28/2019

Effective October 6, 2020, Pennsylvania’s Construction Industry Employee Verification Act will require the use of the E-Verify system for all construction industry employers....more

I-9 Process Guide - February 2019

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/8/2019

Purpose: Immigration law requires employers to walk a fine line between determining the eligibility of employees to work in the United States (the purpose of the I-9 Form) and not discriminating against those of foreign...more

Form I-9 Revised Yet Again

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 7/21/2017

U.S. employers should be advised that USCIS has released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and the new form will take effect as of September 18, 2017....more

New Form I-9 Released: Ensure You Are In Compliance By September 18th

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 7/19/2017

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") published the newest version of the Form I-9 on July 17. The new Form I-9 replaces the version previously released on November 14, 2016. While the changes to the form are...more

Dear Littler: Does an Employer Have to Report Discrepancies Identified in Old I-9 Forms?

Littler on 2/23/2017

Dear Littler: A former employee recently reapplied for an open position at our company. In reviewing the new-hire paperwork, we noticed that her social security number did not match the one we had on file previously. Her new...more

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