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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 -

Fight for the right (not) to party?

BCLP on 12/13/2022

At the end of November, a French appeal court ruled that an employer could not dismiss an employee (called in this case “Mr T”) for refusing to participate in after-work drinks and team building activities. The judgment made...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/11/2019

Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

Fight Night at Your Company Holiday Party

Gray Reed on 11/22/2017

Jim Duncey, the owner of Duncey’s Caps, Inc., decides to hold an employee/significant other holiday party this year with live music and an open cash bar managed by a third-party bartending service. Each employee will get...more

Employees Have a Right to Complain About Intoxicated Co-Workers

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 11/15/2017

The likely reaction to the title of this article would be: well of course they do. Workplace rules of conduct typically prohibit being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and although the condition of alcoholism might be...more

EEOC Sues Mims Distributing Company for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/26/2014

Beer Distribution Company Unlawfully Failed to Hire Rastafarian Because He Refused to Cut His Hair, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. - Mims Distributing Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates a...more

Serving Alcohol At Your Holiday Party

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/13/2013

We here at the McNees Wallace & Nurick Labor and Employment Law Group have been busy preparing for the holiday season. While holiday parties can be great fun, hosting a holiday party or placing holiday decorations in...more

Firing Alcoholic Employee for Relapse Is Not ADA Violation, Third Circuit Holds

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/5/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a freight transportation company did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other antidiscrimination laws when it fired an alcoholic employee...more

EEOC Sues Star Transport, Inc. for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/30/2013

Agency Charges Trucking Company Failed to Accommodate and Wrongfully Terminated Two Muslim Employees For Refusal to Deliver Alcohol Due to Religious Beliefs - PEORIA, Ill. - Star Transport, Inc., a trucking company...more

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