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Workplace Liability When a Third Party is Negligent

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When an individual suffers a work-related injury in the State of New Jersey, their employer (if the employer is self-insured), or the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier is legally obligated to provide three...more

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Running a Successful COVID-19 Testing Program: Considerations for Employers Using Third-Party Vendors

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As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, many employers have implemented a variety of safeguards to limit the spread of COVID-19 in their workplaces. One safeguard being utilized is a COVID-19 testing program. As a preliminary...more

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#MeThree: Recommendations for Employers to Avoid Liability for Third Party Harassment

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The #MeToo movement has sparked an increase in sexual harassment investigations and focused attention on the potential liability of employers for the actions of third parties with whom their employees interact for business...more

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Risky Business: A Three-Step Plan For Addressing Harassment By Nonemployees

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Employers have long understood that they face potential liability when an employee is sexually harassed by another employee and they do nothing to prevent or fix the known problem. It is also true, but perhaps less well...more

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Labor Contractors Can Make Dangerous Bedfellows: Part I

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According to many sources, there is a shortage of unskilled workers in the United States that is only projected to worsen, and employers nationwide are feeling the pinch. From hoteliers to seafood processors, manufacturers to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

A Warning to 401(k) Plan Sponsors Relying on Third-Party Administrators (TPAs)

A recent news bulletin from the IRS serves as a cautionary reminder that plan sponsors retain responsibility for the proper administration of participant hardship distributions and loans, and related recordkeeping...more

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Managing Retail Employer Risk and the Janitorial Services Contractor-Subcontractor Relationship

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Discount retailer Ross Stores, Inc.'s ("Ross") recent proposed settlement of a California labor law class action filed by immigrant and low wage subcontractors related to janitorial services performed in its Ross Dress for...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Yeah, I know, Everyone does it

I was never part of the in crowd. Look at my picture, could I ever be in the “in crowd”? I’m always the odd one out, that’s why I dressed up as the Rodney Dangerfield character, Al Czervik from Caddyshack on Halloween. While...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Employment Law Update - Danger Ahead: Employer Liability For Third-Party Harassment

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On April 29, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that employers can be liable for third-party harassment under a negligence standard. In doing so, the court joined other circuits in establishing that employers can...more

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Fourth Circuit Holds Employer Liable for Third-Party Racial and Sexual Harassment

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In its first published opinion on the topic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled last month in Freeman v. Dal-Tile Corp. that an employer is liable for harassment by a third party when the employer knows or...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Employers' Obligation to Respond to Harassment by Third Parties

In an unpublished decision issued in 2011, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North and South Carolina) concurred with other federal appellate circuits in concluding that employers are responsible for sexual...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Pillsbury Bloggers in the News: 8 Tips to Deal With Liability When Outsourcing to Multiple IT Vendors

Mario Dottori is quoted in Stephanie Overby's recent CIO.com article discussing 8 Tips to Deal With Liability When Outsourcing to Multiple IT Vendors. "In theory, a multi-provider service delivery environment should...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Outsourcing by Financial Services Companies: Impact of the OCC and FRB Guidelines"

Outsourcing has become a critical component of financial institutions’ management of their business operations and control of their costs. In addition, institutions are outsourcing increasingly complex and sensitive banking...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - Nov 20, 2013

Third-Party Harassment Costs Employer $30,000 - Why it matters: Employers, take note: harassment in the workplace can be committed not just by supervisors and coworkers, but by third parties such as customers,...more

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