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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 -
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How To Accelerate Holiday Hiring

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If you’re reading this: It’s time to start your holiday hiring process. That’s right, believe it or not – the holiday hiring season is here, which means you and your teams need to be on your A-game to make it a successful...more

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Preventing Missteps in Hiring and Managing Seasonal Workers

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Hiring seasonal workers can raise some important legal questions over how to properly handle overtime pay, work schedules, employee training, and other matters. These concerns particularly affect businesses in the hospitality...more

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Pay Transparency Requirements Impacting the Retail Industry

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As more state and local pay transparency laws are enacted throughout the country, retail industry employers face a new challenge in an ever-evolving industry. State Pay Transparency Laws Pay transparency laws are in effect...more

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What is Recruitment Marketing Software?

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Are you struggling to attract, engage, and hire top talent for your organization? As the war for talent rages, traditional recruitment methods may no longer be enough. That’s where recruitment marketing software comes in....more

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Key takeaways from the retail buzz coffee chat with the Hogan Lovells NY team

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On 24 January 2023, the Hogan Lovells New York Retail Team hosted a coffee chat webinar discussing cross-practice predictions concerning the retail sector for the coming year. The event featured Hogan Lovells partners Meryl...more

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Stick to the Schedule: Los Angeles Imposes Significant New Requirements on Retail Employers

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On November 22, 2022, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed the Fair Work Week Ordinance (“FWWO”). Set to take effect in April 2023, the new law imposes significant requirements on retail employers in the City of...more

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Retail Industry Snapshot: 3 Important Lessons about Holiday Hiring

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Welcome to FP Retail Industry Snapshot, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments with an emphasis on how they impact retail employers. This edition focuses on holiday hiring – a...more

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Changing Retail Staffing Models – Unforeseen Risks in a New Economy

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Events related to the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused roles within retail operations to shift, and managers may have been required to do more when employees are unexpectedly sick or when staffing levels fell due to the...more

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Retail Snapshot Takes Deeper Dive into Industry Attitudes Related to Economic Uncertainty

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The news that the economy has shrunk for a second straight quarter might not come as a surprise to businesses in the retail industry. After all, the results of our FP Flash Survey on Economic Uncertainty revealed that retail...more

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Retail Industry Workplace Law Update – Summer 2022

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OSHA Turns Up the Heat on Enforcement With New Heat Hazard Emphasis Program- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has a new enforcement initiative that will target one of the agency’s top priorities: indoor...more

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6 Questions Retailers Should Ask Before Hiring Minors to Address the Labor Shortage

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Some companies are well known for providing teenagers their first jobs and providing a learning foundation on what it takes to be successful in the workplace. But many retailers have long held policies against employing...more

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2,000 COVID-19-Related Employment Lawsuits Filed In The U.S.: An Analysis Of The Data And Trends

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On April 6, 2021, the total number of COVID-19-related employment complaints filed in United States courts passed the 2,000 mark. Although it took eight months to reach the first 1,000 complaints (March–November 2020), it...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #10

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In Washington: The White House denies that it is trying to undermine the nation’s top disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Today the President’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro blasted Dr. Fauci’s handling of the coronavirus in...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - May 2020

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House Phase Four COVID-19 Relief Package Sheds Additional Light on Dem Priorities; Package Expected to Pass House Today on Partisan Basis. On Tuesday, Nancy Pelosi unveiled the details of a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package...more

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Don’t Forget the Basics When Reopening Your Retail Business: A 5-Point Plan

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The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that closed hundreds of thousands of business around the country is unprecedented. Fortunately, many retailers were able to maintain a fairly high level of continuity as essential businesses...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.26.2019 | Top Story: Viagogo buys ticket reseller from StubHub for $4 billion

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The merger craze keeps on keeping on, with news that Ebay’s selling secondary ticket marketplace StubHub to Viagogo, a smaller rival with a strong presence in Europe helmed by StubHub’s co-founder Eric Baker, for more than $4...more

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Dollar General Reaches Settlement with the EEOC in Years-Long Background Check Bias Suit

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Employers should continue to exercise caution and care in drafting their criminal record screening policies.  A recent settlement by Dollar General underscores this point, even though it comes on the heels of the Fifth...more

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The ABCs of AB-5: How California’s New Employee Classification Law May Impact Retailers

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Following passage and signature into law of California Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”), retailers should be aware of how the new law affects whether they can classify workers as independent contractors. AB-5 codifies a decision...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.1.2019 | Top Story: Credit Suisse COO Resigns in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

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Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more

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III-43-Expert Roundtable Discussion on the Impact of Recent Regulatory Initiatives on Recruitment, Retention and the Retail...

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In today's new episode, experts from the Retail Industry Leaders Association and ManpowerGroup Solutions discuss how today's climate of employment regulations (including the new overtime rule, predictive scheduling, and gig...more

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: When You Need Seasonal Hires to Stock the Toys in Every Store and More

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It’s no secret that the holiday seasons spark an influx of shoppers hunting for good deals and great gifts for loved ones. Although the prevalence of online shopping has exploded in the past few years, brick-and mortar-stores...more

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Pop-Up for the Holidays

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With the holidays just around the corner, many retailers are focused on how to best engage shoppers. Pop-ups are a fun and effective way to engage new clients and increase brand awareness while keeping overhead costs low....more

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Retailer - Fall 2018

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NEWS & ANALYSIS - Where no performance review has gone before - By a show of hands, how many of you use annual performance reviews? And how many of you think that there must be a better way to manage your employees? If...more

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Red Sky in Morning, Shippers Take Warning: California’s Dignity in the Driver’s Seat Bill

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What’s Happening?: Potential Joint Liability for Drayage Carrier Customers - California retailers and shippers beware. In another move by California lawmakers to deter companies from classifying truck drivers as...more

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A Step-By-Step Guide To Terminating Employees For Theft (Part Two)

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In our last issue, we looked at some ideas about how to investigate, catch, and terminate employees who are stealing from your company. In this conclusion, we’ll talk about some ways to avoid—or at least reduce the...more

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