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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 -

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

Fisher Phillips on 7/18/2024

The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

CBD & The Workplace, A Word to The Wise

McGlinchey Stafford on 6/22/2023

Federally legal CBD products may, under some circumstances, cause consumers to fail drug tests. An employer’s right to terminate employee-consumers on that basis is not prohibited by federal law, including the Americans with...more

Employment Flash - February 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/14/2020

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its decision (overruling an Obama-era decision) regarding confidentiality rules for employees during ongoing workplace investigations. We also discuss...more

"This Week (Or Thereabouts) In Employment Law" Quiz

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/3/2019

Happy holiday weekend! With the Fourth of July approaching, we will go out with a bang. How much do you know about employment law in the news from this week or so? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear...more

2019 Nevada Employment Legislation Updates

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 7/2/2019

Over the last two years, the Nevada Legislature has passed a substantial number of laws affecting Nevada employers. Some of the most notable employment laws that recently passed are summarized below....more

Web Exclusive: April 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 5/14/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Applicant Who Failed Pre-Employment Drug Test Could Not Show That Public Employer Violated Her Due Process Rights or Title VII

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/11/2017

A federal district court recently dismissed a lawsuit in which a job applicant challenged a public employer’s decision to withdraw an offer of employment after the individual tested positive for cocaine on a pre-employment...more