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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 -

To Stalk or Not to Stalk . . . That Is the Question – Using Social Media for Applicant Review

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/23/2019

Now more than ever, employers are using social media to screen job applicants. According to a 2018 survey, 70 percent of employers use social media to research candidates. Using social media to research job applicants can...more

I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination

Cozen O'Connor on 12/4/2017

Good faith and timing means everything in employment law. This episode of Employment Law Now provides an update from DC, discusses questions employers should be asking in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news,...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 10/15/2015

Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more

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To Stalk or Not to Stalk . . . That Is the Question – Using Social Media for Applicant Review

I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

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