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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 -

Look Out for LinkedIn: Top Questions for Employers on How the Platform Impacts Your Workplace

Fisher Phillips on 5/31/2024

LinkedIn has become a key part of the business world for workers and employers alike. The platform can aid your recruitment efforts, company branding, and business development. But the world’s largest professional networking...more

Leveraging Social Media for Recruitment Strategies

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 7/30/2021

Now is the time to be leveraging social media for your recruitment strategies. 73% of millennials found their last job on a social network (HR Network). Social media is a great outlet to showcase your company’s culture and...more

Digital Workplace Issues

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/20/2020

Our increasingly connected world presents tremendous opportunities for employers as well as considerable confusion and risk. Should you Google a job applicant? Allowing employees to use their own mobile devices for work...more

Employers Should Be Aware of Where They Advertise - Social Media Platforms are Being Scrutinized

Dickinson Wright on 1/13/2020

The internet age has opened up seemingly countless digital platforms for employers and employees to use in seeking to fill, and applying for, open positions. ...more

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

Cozen O'Connor on 9/13/2019

Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

How to Find and Keep Talent in a Highly Competitive Market

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 3/4/2019

One of the biggest problems companies face, in particular middle market companies, is a lack of available talent or a lack of the right talent to fill vacant roles. In fact, the National Center for the Middle Market has...more

Is Looking For Applicants On Social Media Looking For Trouble?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/7/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: While targeted social media ads may help employers find potential applicants with specific skill sets, inartfully crafted ads may open the door to discrimination claims, particularly in California....more

Modern Recruiting Hits a Snag

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 12/22/2017

The former general counsel of the EEOC under President Obama leads a team that is giving many, many employers an early holiday nightmare. A union and a class of plaintiffs are seeking damages from a class of employers; if...more

Cybersecurity in the Workplace: Obama's Proposals and More

Baker Donelson on 1/28/2015

In the past five years, employers both big and small have become accustomed to social media and increased technology in the workplace. Everyone and their parents are on Facebook, and one cannot go anywhere without being asked...more

Social Media Is Part of Today’s Workplace but its Use May Raise Employment Discrimination Concerns

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/13/2014

Experts Tell EEOC That Use of Social Media by Employers, Applicants and Employees May Implicate the Laws EEOC Enforces - WASHINGTON-The use of social media has become pervasive in today's workplace and, as a result, is...more

5 Best Practices for Employers Addressing Social Media Use in the Workplace

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 1/7/2013

For the second year in a row, Proskauer has conducted a global survey, “Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 2.0”, which addresses the use of social media in the work place....more

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