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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 -

EEOC Sues Library Hotel for Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/21/2023

Hotel Refused to Accommodate Disabled Employee and Constructively Terminated their Employment, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK – 299 Madison Ave., LLC, doing business as Library Hotel, violated federal law when it...more

Fourth Circuit Backs Detailed Medical Inquiry for Safety-Sensitive Job

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/21/2022

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from asking questions about an employee’s medical condition absent “business necessity.” What exactly constitutes business necessity has been the subject of litigation...more

Medical Inquiries And The ADA

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/1/2018

Here are seven things that every employer should know. The Americans with Disabilities Act has been law since 1992, and the rules regarding medical inquiries for applicants and employees have not changed much since that...more

Kaiser Aluminum Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/26/2017

Agreement Provides $175,000 and Job Offer for Construction Worker - SPOKANE, Wash. - Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, the leading producer of fabricated aluminum products in the United States, will pay $175,000 and reinstate...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

Diallo’s Of Houston to Pay $139,366 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/10/2017

Nightclub Made Unlawful HIV Medical Inquiry, Then Fired Employee, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Diallo's of Houston, a Houston-area...more

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