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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 -

Whistleblower “Disclosure” Includes Information Already Known to Employer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/31/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: California Labor Code section 1102.5 protects employees who disclose what they believe to be violations of the law. The Supreme Court of California has ruled that such disclosures are protected even if the...more

The 12 days of California Labor & Employment Series – Day 9: Right of Recall Post COVID-19 Layoff Continues

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 12/22/2021

In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 days of the holidays" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on California employers. On this ninth day of the holidays, my labor and employment...more

2018 Legislative Update for California Employers

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 12/15/2017

California has had yet another banner year closing the 2017 legislative session with a spate of new employment laws imposing additional compliance obligations on employers. Bucking the anti-regulatory tide in Washington, DC,...more

Freelance Isn’t Free Act Signed by Mayor De Blasio

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/5/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Freelance Isn’t Free Act, granting protections for freelancers in New York City, was signed by Mayor De Blasio on November 16, 2016. The law, on which we previously reported in detail here, will go...more

New York City Passes Freelancer Wage Protection Law

Morgan Lewis on 11/28/2016

Hiring parties should review their current contracts with freelance workers in New York City to ensure compliance with the new bill. The New York City Council has passed, and Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed, a bill with...more

Businesses Everywhere Take Note: NYC Independent Contractor Law Will Have Impact Well Beyond the City

Troutman Pepper on 11/17/2016

Regardless of where a company is headquartered, it likely contracts with one or more independent contractors who live or work in New York City. If your company does so, take note. On November 16, 2016, Mayor de Blasio signed...more

California Enacts a Raft of New Employment Legislation

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 10/21/2015

The latest legislative session has just ended, and, true to form, the California Legislature has added more than a dozen new laws affecting employers doing business in the nation’s largest state. These statutes are in...more

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