News & Analysis as of

Hiring & Firing › Personal Liability

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 -
Littler

Alberta, Canada Court Holds Senior Executive Personally Liable to Employer

Littler on

In Breen v Foremost Industries Ltd, 2023 ABKB 552, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta dismissed the claim of a President and CEO that he had been wrongfully dismissed from his employment, finding that his employment had...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Delaware Supreme Court Examines Director Liability for Acquisitions

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on

In McElrath v. Kalanick et al, the Delaware Supreme Court examined the liability of directors of Uber for an acquisition.  The case arose out of Uber’s acquisition of Ottomotto LLC.  Otto was founded by Anthony Levandowski, a...more

Polsinelli

SDNY Rejects Director Liability for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Claims, Creating a Split Among Federal District Courts

Polsinelli on

Public company directors, who are under constant threat of claims, received welcome news earlier this month.  On December 9, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that corporate directors...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy and Labor Law: Decision by Appeals Court Permits Debtor to Discharge an NLRB Fine in Bankruptcy

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on

If the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) fines an employer for unlawfully firing workers who tried to unionize, can the employer discharge the fine in bankruptcy, or will the exception to discharge found in Bankruptcy...more

Littler

Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q4 2018

Littler on

Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more

Butler Snow LLP

Surge in I.C.E. Immigration Enforcement is Wake-Up Call to U.S. Employers

Butler Snow LLP on

Here is a wake-up call for employers thinking about shoring up their immigration compliance process as a New Year’s resolution. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is targeting employers and has dramatically...more

Fisher Phillips

Sexual Harassment Dominates California Legislation in 2018

Fisher Phillips on

As we discussed back in January, sexual harassment appears to be the hot topic for the California State Legislature’s 2018 session. This is certainly not a surprise, as issues related to sexual harassment and the #MeToo...more

Dechert LLP

Never a Dull Moment in Employment Law: Whistleblowing and More

Dechert LLP on

The Supreme Court’s recent decision quashing the Employment Tribunal fee regime is not the only recent employment law news of which UK employers need to be aware. This OnPoint summarises some other recent developments....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Child Care Background Check Bill Leaves More Questions Than Answers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Second Circuit Finds Human Resource Manager Personally Liable for FMLA Violations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on

The Family and Medical Leave Act imposes liability for interference by the “employer” with leave rights. Typically, the disgruntled employee asserts FMLA claims against the company employing him or her, but the Act also...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Second Circuit Holds That HR Director May Be Individually Liable Under the FMLA Based On “Economic Realities” Analysis

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on

It may not be well-known that the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) provides for individual, as well as corporate liability. Therefore, in a matter of importance to Human Resources personnel, supervisors, and their employers,...more

Winstead PC

Hiring Consultants

Winstead PC on

Technology companies receive services from a variety of individuals and often use consultants, either for marketing advice, for software development or for other discreet tasks. It’s important to be sure the consultants are...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The New York Legislature Passes a Bill Eliminating the Annual Wage Notice Requirement

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on

Employers in New York will not have to issue annual wage notices to employees in 2015 and beyond. On June 19, 2014, a bill was passed in both the New York Assembly and Senate that eliminates the requirement contained in the...more

13 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide