News & Analysis as of September 19, 2024

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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 -

EntertainHR: Michigan’s Miscue—Is Your Company Ready for a Social Media Scandal?

FordHarrison on 6/7/2023

Only a few days after being hired by the University of Michigan’s football program as the assistant director of football recruiting, Glenn Schembechler (son of longtime Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler) resigned after his...more

Did We Hear That Right? NLRB Holds Discipline for ‘Whore Board’ Graffiti Is Improper

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/16/2022

An employee writes “whore board” on a company bulletin board — you can fire him, right? Not according to the NLRB and now the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. In Constellium Rolled Products v. NLRB, the employer’s...more

Be Careful About Restricting Employee Communications with Media

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/9/2021

Employers that bar staff from communicating with the media should take another look at those prohibitions, following a recent federal appellate decision finding such a policy unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act...more

Considering Offering Severance Pay in Exchange for Certain Post-Employment Obligations? Think Again.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/21/2018

An employer violated employee’s labor rights by offering her a separation agreement that contained unlawful terms ruled a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) administrative law judge (“ALJ”) in Baylor Univ. Med. Ctr.,...more

Employment Law - October 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/19/2015

Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations - Why it matters: Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them...more

Hold that Friend Request: Legal Traps in a Post-Facebook Work Environment

Burr & Forman on 8/25/2015

Many well-meaning managers engage with employees on social media websites, and doing so provides a host of benefits: stronger relationships between employees and management; a sense of collegiality; instant updates on...more

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