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Dealership Update: Is it Time For a Trade-In of Your Employee Handbook?

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Your employee handbook has something in common with the products you sell: neither lasts forever and both eventually will need an update. Think about when that new car rolled off the lot with that new car smell. It was...more

Troutman Pepper

Managing Employee Compliance in Highly Regulated Industries — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of the Hiring to Firing Podcast, hosts Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs are joined by Josh Riggs, owner of Social Cannabis, based in Denver, CO. They delve into the complexities of managing employee conduct in...more

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California Employment News: Effective Disciplinary Procedures and Policies (Podcast)

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Having a fair and meaningful disciplinary process can be a helpful tool for employers to improve employee performance. In this episode of California Employment News, employment attorneys Meagan Bainbridge and Nikki Mahmoudi...more

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California Employment News: Effective Disciplinary Procedures and Policies

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Having a fair and meaningful disciplinary process can be a helpful tool for employers to improve employee performance. In this episode of California Employment News, employment attorneys Meagan Bainbridge and Nikki Mahmoudi...more

Troutman Pepper

Effective Harassment Trainings: Best Approaches With Insights from NCIS — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of the Hiring to Firing Podcast, Partners Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs draw insights from the TV series NCIS to discuss effective workplace harassment training. Our hosts are joined by Victoria Pasquale,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

School District and Principal Not Liable for Gym Teacher’s Inappropriate Photos of Student

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Shaefer v. Chorba, No. 3:23-0019, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170844, at *5 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 25, 2023). A Pennsylvania federal court dismissed a former student’s § 1983 claim against a school district and principal arising from a...more

Littler

Dear Littler: What are the substance use concerns of workplaces past, present, and future?

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Dear Littler, I’m in charge of organizing our holiday party this year. To keep things civil, we’re limiting alcohol and reminding employees that although our state has legalized the recreational use of marijuana, there...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Navigating the West Virginia Safer Workplace Act: What To Do When an Employee Reports to Work Under the Influence

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The holiday season and corresponding celebratory shenanigans will soon be upon us. This means that many employers may be facing the question, “What do we do when someone brings their party to work?” This article aims to cover...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

It’s Holiday Season! Let’s Celebrate Responsibly.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, full of holiday cheer but, unfortunately for some employers, also legal risks and potential liability. A company’s annual holiday party, gala or event can quickly turn from a...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Massachusetts Federal Judge Rules that Protected Activity Does Not Shield an Employee from the Consequences of Engaging in...

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On November 13, 2023, in USA ex rel, Morgan-Lee, et al. v. The Whittier Health Network, LLC, et al., a Massachusetts federal district judge concluded that although the plaintiff engaged in protected activity when she raised...more

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Lights, Camera, (Legal) Action - Employer Risk Considerations With Employees on Reality TV Shows

A star of a popular long-running reality TV was fired from her real estate job according to recent news reports over allegations that she used a racial slur during filming of the show. While an investigation into the incident...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2023 Global Business Ethics Survey: Part 4-The Importance of Implementing a Strong Ethical Culture

In a recent ECI podcast series , I had the opportunity to visit with Pat Harned, President of ECI. We took a deep dive into the 2023 Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) revealed concerning trends in workplace ethics. The...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Fall 2023

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Teacher Discharged for Social Media Posts

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In the Matter of Arbitration Between Milton Area Education Association and Milton Area School District (Talarico 2022) (Arbitrator sustains discharge of teacher for inappropriate social media posts)....more

Dickinson Wright

You Can’t Prevent Them All: How to Protect Your Company from Unpreventable Employee Misconduct

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Unfortunately, workplace injuries can occur anytime, even when employers take every possible precaution to prevent them. As most employers have experienced, implementing and enforcing safety rules and policies avoids...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

[Ongoing Program] Session 5: Conflict Resolution - November 15th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series - Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 4: Performance Improvement Plans - November 1st, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series - Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 3: Conducting Workplace Investigations and Documenting Employee Issues - October 18th, 12:00 pm - 2:00...

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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series - Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 2: How to Effectively and Lawfully Communicate with Your Employees - October 4th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series - Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more

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[Ongoing Program] Session 1: Recruiting and Onboarding Employees - September 20th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series - Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more

Troutman Pepper

How to Combat Corporate Theft: Office Space - Hiring to Firing Podcast

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Corporate theft can happen in any workplace. What type of employee is most likely to steal from the company or its customers? What can companies do to combat this? Partners Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs chatted with Troutman...more

Carlton Fields

Federal Circuit Vacates Arbitrator’s Decision Removing Federal Employee From Position, Remands for Further Review

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The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an arbitrator’s final decision upholding the petitioner’s removal from a position with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, finding that the arbitrator failed to conduct an independent...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Harassment Outside the Workplace: Can it Lead to Employer Liability?

While employers cannot police all employee conduct outside the workplace, employee interactions outside of work can – and do – impact the work environment. Indeed, under certain circumstances, inappropriate conduct by an...more

McAfee & Taft

Disciplining employee misconduct: A return to (relative) complexity

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The decisions of the National Labor Relations Board have always been subject to the change — sometimes shifting pro-employer, sometimes pro-labor — depending on the political composition of its members. Once again, the Board...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Bitter Medicine: Third Circuit Holds Officers Disciplined for Offensive Social Media Posts Stated a First Amendment Claim

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 8, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Fenico v. City of Philadelphia that police officers disciplined for offensive Facebook posts stated a First Amendment claim...more

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