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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 -

New York State DOL Issues Amended WARN Regulations

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/4/2023

The New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL) amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (NY WARN) regulations, which took effect on June 21, 2023. Both NY WARN and its federal counterpart require covered businesses...more

Amended New York WARN Regulations Now in Effect

Jones Day on 6/30/2023

The New York State Department of Labor has published amended WARN regulations that provide guidance on a number of topics, including treatment of remote workers, applicability of exemptions, pay in lieu of notice, calculating...more

WARNing: Amendments to the New York WARN Act Regulations are Now in Effect

Littler on 6/27/2023

Compliance with the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act just got harder (again). On June 21, 2023, the New York Department of Labor’s amendments to the NY WARN regulations took effect and some...more

No Rest for California Employers in 2022! Here are the Latest Employment Laws in the Golden State

Littler on 10/6/2022

California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace. Littler Workplace Policy Institute has been tracking these...more

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2020 #3

DirectEmployers Association on 10/19/2020

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

H-1B Cap Season is Here. Is Your Company Ready?

UB Greensfelder LLP on 3/20/2019

Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the start of the fiscal year (FY) 2020 cap season, the start dates for premium processing of cap-subject H-1B petitions, and the launch of USCIS’s new...more

San Francisco's Amended Fair Chance Ordinance Takes Effect with Updated Notice Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/31/2018

On October 1, 2018, San Francisco’s amendments to its Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) took effect. The FCO is San Francisco’s “ban the box” equivalent that regulates employers’ use of applicants’ and employees’ arrest and...more

Employers Must Update Summary of Rights Notice After FCRA Amendment

Stinson LLP on 10/10/2018

Amendments affecting notice requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) went into effect on September 21, 2018. These amendments were part of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act...more

Massachusetts Equal Pay Act Amendment – Effective Date Nears

WilmerHale on 7/2/2018

Nearly two years ago, Governor Baker signed a bill amending the Commonwealth’s Equal Pay Act (MEPA). On Sunday, July 1, 2018, this new law—which, among other things, imposes more stringent equal pay requirements, bars salary...more

New California Regulations on National Origin Discrimination Effective July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/25/2018

Issues related to immigration status, national security policy, and country of origin continue to be a hot topic of animated discussion at the federal level. In the midst of this national debate, California has amended its...more

San Francisco Amends Fair Chance Ordinance, Restricts Employer Inquiries About Marijuana-Related Convictions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/11/2018

On April 3, 2018, San Francisco amended its Fair Chance Ordinance. The amended ordinance, which will take effect on October 1, 2018, will significantly impact employers that employ, or seek to employ, individuals to work...more

Massachusetts Modifies “Ban the Box” Law

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/3/2018

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently signed Senate Bill No. 2371, “An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform,” into law. The law will go into effect October 13, 2018. Among the Act’s extensive criminal justice...more

Albany County: The Newest Jurisdiction to Prohibit Salary History Inquiries

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/30/2017

The Albany County Legislature recently amended the Human Rights Law for Albany County to join New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Delaware, Oregon, Puerto Rico, California, and San Francisco in banning inquiries into...more

Governor Signs Important Changes To The Missouri Human Rights Act Into Law

Amundsen Davis LLC on 7/11/2017

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens recently signed into law changes to the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA), bringing it in line with federal employment law standards. The changes take effect August 28, 2017. The most...more

New D.C. Law Restricts Employer Use of Credit Histories in Employment Decisions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/27/2017

On February 15, 2017, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the District of Columbia’s Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act of 2016 (FCEAA). This Act, which amends the District’s Human Rights Act of 1977,...more

D.C. Council Passes Ban on Credit History Screens on Job Applicants, Interns, Employees

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/10/2017

The Washington D.C. Council unanimously passed the “Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act” (Bill 21-244) to amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 and prevent employers from taking discriminatory action against applicants,...more

Employers, Handle With Care: Philadelphia Gives Added Protections to Job Applicants with Criminal Histories

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 12/18/2015

On December 15, 2015, Mayor Michael Nutter signed off on several amendments to Philadelphia’s 2012 Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards Ordinance. The 2012 Ordinance was enacted to prevent discrimination against job...more

NYC Commission on Human Rights Issues Enforcement Guidance for Newly Effective Credit Check Law

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/10/2015

On September 3, 2015, the amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) prohibiting the use of credit checks in employment (“Credit Check Law”) became effective. On the same day, the New York City Commission on...more

Maryland’s Montgomery County Enacts Ban-the-Box Legislation

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/18/2014

On November 10, 2014, the County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland, Isiah Leggett, signed county-wide ban-the-box legislation passed by the County Council on October 28, 2014 (Bill No. 36-14) (“Act”). The Act amends...more

New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Issues Amended Regulations on Employment Advertising

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/11/2014

On June 23, 2014, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued amended regulations concerning employment advertisements. First, the prohibition on employment advertisements containing a preference for—or...more

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