Our Decades-Old Tradition Returns In Person!
Join us to learn about the latest updates and best practices for employers, in-house counsel, and HR professionals.
Among the topics during this year’s general session are a...more
9/29/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Employment Litigation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Events ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
NLRB ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Work Visas
A federal district court has ruled that instructing an HR Director to “adapt to bring out the best in our new and younger employees” was not evidence of age-based harassment. Vontlintel v. Eagle Comm., Inc. No....more
By creatively patching together scheduled days off, vacation days, and personal holidays, and then switching a shift, the plaintiff put together 21 days off. Unfortunately, he was still scheduled for one shift right in the...more
11/3/2016
/ Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FMLA Abuse ,
Holiday Pay ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Internal Investigations ,
Paid Leave ,
Reasonable Suspicion ,
Retaliation ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacation Pay ,
Wrongful Termination
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently taught employers what can happen when Human Resources abandons an investigation half-way through. In Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc., No,. 15-3239-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 29,...more
California’s new regulations concerning employment discrimination come into effect soon. Briefly, they require beefy policies and supervisor training concerning reporting discrimination and harassment. Naturally, they include...more
An employee rejects a co-worker’s proposal of a physical relationship. The co-worker gets him fired. Is the employer liable for sex discrimination? This is different from earlier cat’s paw cases because the person who caused...more