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Hiring & Firing Federal Bureau of Investigation

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... more +
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 -
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Jane Turner: From FBI Whistleblower to Whistleblower Advocate

From oustee to advocate, former FBI agent Jane Turner continues to uplift whistleblowers while sharing her personal story exposing widespread misconduct and cover-ups within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)....more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

DE Under 3: OFCCP AAP Verification Portal 'Rules of Behavior', Vaccination Injunction Updates, & Recent Job Scam Alerts

This week's DE Under 3 dives into predictions surrounding vaccination mandate litigation, the HIRE Vets Medallion Award program, recent job scam alerts, new "Rules of Behavior" for third-party AAP vendors, and President...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2021 #5

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: VCs Must Do a Better Job of Supporting Black Women Founders - Black women only receive 0.27% of all venture dollars in the US and 0.24% in the UK, and even...more

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Whistleblower Case Presents Interesting Twist On Concept Of Retaliation Under False Claims Act

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Nowadays, whistleblowing is a very important issue, especially in these times of COVID-19 and in that vein, there are new and “creative” ways for employers to allegedly retaliate against employees who wish to report...more

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Federal Court Finds That It Lacks Jurisdiction To Enjoin Employer From Retaliating Against Putative Class Members

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Seyfarth Synopsis – Following a familiar fact pattern, after a named Plaintiff filed a putative class action in Bird, et al. v. Barr, No. 19-CV-1581 (D.D.C. July 23, 2020), she complained that the defendant employer...more

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PA Amends Background Check Requirement for Employees Working With Children

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In 2015, Pennsylvania amended the state Child Protective Services Law to require that employees who have direct contact with minors submit a Pennsylvania child abuse clearance, Pennsylvania State Police criminal background...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

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Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - July 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Misconduct in Mergers and Acquisitions - On July 25, 2018, in a speech to the Ninth Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk...more

Stinson LLP

Three Stripes and You're Out: Coach Pitino's Outrage Against Adidas

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The FBI recently charged 10 people, including four college basketball assistant coaches at prominent Division I universities and a head executive at Adidas inter alios, with corruption and bribery crimes for...more

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How Not to Fire: Lessons from President Trump for Employers.

Firing an employee does not usually make national headlines, but the recent firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump was a notable exception. The headlines continued when President Trump appeared to offer...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

4 Retaliation Lessons from Comey’s Firing

Regardless of your political views, most will agree that President Trump’s firing of F.B.I. Director James Comey was fraught with potential controversy. Employers can find at least four takeaways from what was, in short, a...more

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New Child Care Background Check Bill Leaves More Questions Than Answers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Background screening companies that provide background checks to online child care job posting services in California may face increased civil liability as they seek to comply with new Assembly Bill No....more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - April 2016 #4

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: - House of Representatives approves bill requiring warrants for email searches - It was a productive week on the Hill, as the House passed the Email...more

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Fourth Circuit Upholds Gender-Based Job Qualification

Title VII prohibits discrimination based on gender. Employers generally cannot adopt different qualification standards for men and women for the same job. However in some circumstances, federal courts have recognized that...more

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Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds That Gender Normed Physical Fitness Tests Do Not Run Afoul Of Title VII

As we are all aware, Title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964 prohibits, among other things, discrimination in employment on the basis of sex. This prohibition extends not only to intentionally discriminatory conduct, but...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

One More Push-Up: Fourth Circuit Okays Gender Differences in Certain Physical Fitness Tests

Can an employer have different physical fitness standards for men and women without running afoul of Title VII? Yes, according to the Fourth Circuit that ruled that the FBI could reject a male agent candidate who failed his...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Highlights of the Resettlement Process and Tips for Employers

The terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th have heightened Americans’ concern over security as President Obama has pledged to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees fleeing that troubled, violent, and oppressive land. A number...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

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Amendments Clarify Employers’ Background Check Obligations Under Pennsylvania Law

On July 1, 2015, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act 15 (House Bill 1276), which amends Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) to clarify the requirements of employers and volunteer-based organizations to...more

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Rogue CFO III – Background Checks

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Perform Background Checks. It seems obvious. Why would a company not want as much information about a candidate for its CFO position that it can legally obtain? But this oversight is common. Too many smaller companies hire...more

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