Discrimination doesn’t just include refusing to hire someone based on a protected characteristic, such as race or gender. Harassment based on a protected characteristic can also give rise to a discrimination claim, if the...more
Many employers strongly prefer arbitration to litigating with their employees in court. Employers often believe—and the Supreme Court has agreed—that arbitration of employment disputes has many benefits, including potential...more
2/24/2020
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
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DoorDash ,
Employment Contract ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion To Seal ,
Motion To Stay ,
NLRA ,
Wage and Hour
Phishing. Spoofing. -
These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but.
Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more
4/26/2018
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Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure ,
Email ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Encryption ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Identity Theft ,
Information Security ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Negligence ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
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Under federal law, employers must pay employees time-and-a-half if they work over 40 hours in a workweek, unless the employees are exempt from the overtime law. Employers don’t usually think of an employee who takes home...more
In 2011, a group of executives left Horizon Health Corporation for a competitor, Acadia, but they didn’t leave everything behind. Horizon’s president took a “massive, massive amount” of Horizon documents with him on an...more
An employee without an employment contract is typically deemed to be an at-will employee. In an at-will employment relationship, the employer has the right to terminate the employee for any reason, with or without cause....more
The board of directors controls a corporation, but individual directors don’t always agree on the future direction of the company. Sometimes, boards can split into factions. A company’s CEO may align himself with one side and...more