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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 -

Labor Department Hits the Brakes on Class Actions by Interns

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/10/2018

In yet another blow to Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) precedent, the DOL recently eliminated its six-part test for determining whether interns can be deemed employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...more

Employment Law - July 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/23/2015

DOL Proposes Major Overhaul of Overtime Rules: Why it matters - Expanding the scope of employees eligible for overtime, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited new rules revising the white collar...more

Alert: Hiring Unpaid Interns: Federal Court Changes (Some of) the Rules

Cooley LLP on 7/17/2015

On July 2, 2015, a federal appeals court upended the test companies and courts have relied upon for nearly seventy years to determine whether or not an intern must be paid. Instead, in Glatt v. Fox the Second Circuit Court of...more

A New Internship Standard The Second Circuits Seven Factor Test and What it Means for Your Company

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/14/2015

On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the employment status of unpaid interns that should prove helpful to employers. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478 and...more

Second Circuit Outlines The Way for Employers to Hire Unpaid Interns

Genova Burns LLC on 7/13/2015

On July 2, 2015, in a matter of first impression, the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478, 13-4481 (2d Cir. July 2, 2015), and provided a new test for whether a worker can...more

Unpaid Interns May Be Entitled to Wages and EEO Protections

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/7/2014

Every summer, eager students beat down company doors, offering to do whatever is needed—for free—so they can include experience and a reference on their resume. But, a recent slew of lawsuits by unpaid interns has caused...more

Still Willing To Have Unpaid Interns?

Fisher Phillips on 6/13/2013

We have repeatedly cautioned that employers who are prepared to take on unpaid interns should enter into these arrangements with their eyes fully open. New developments emphasize this yet again....more

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