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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 -

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2024 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 8/6/2024

This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2024, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

Not A Clean Break: Cautionary Tale for Employers Looking To Close Plants

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/1/2023

In a very active end of summer for labor law, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled in a 2-1 decision, in Quickway Transportation, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 127, that a company’s closure of a terminal where its drivers...more

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2023 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 8/28/2023

This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2023, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

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

NLRB Finds Business Closure Illegal But Backs Off Order to Reopen

Littler on 2/13/2023

In RAV Truck & Trailer Repairs, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 25 (Dec. 14, 2022), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a supplemental decision in a case that will have implications for unionized employers seeking to close...more

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2022 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 9/9/2022

This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2022, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

Funny You Should Ask: Employer Considerations For Rehiring Employees

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/7/2021

As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues. In this edition of Funny You Should Ask, we address three questions...more

COVID Infections May Be Down But COVID Lawsuits Are Up: What Employers Should Consider

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/5/2021

It comes as no surprise that employee claims against employers are on the rise. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a drastic decline in newly filed employment-related lawsuits. The decline was likely the...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/6/2021

It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

New York’s Post-Election Tax Environment For Business Owners

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/16/2020

Something Is Rotten- There’s a gray pall hanging over New York that has clouded the judgement of many politicians, and has left many of its residents feeling anxious and off-balance. No, it’s not the smoke from all the...more

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers On Hurricanes And Other Workplace Disasters

Fisher Phillips on 8/21/2020

This article addresses many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters; consequently, in addition to federal laws, we also focus on certain state laws, especially those in the areas...more

NLRB’s Latest Guidance Supports Employer Decisions Amidst Pandemic

Fisher Phillips on 8/19/2020

Addressing the issue for the first time since the pandemic, the National Labor Relations Board recently released a series of advice memoranda instructing its Regional offices to dismiss various COVID-19 related charges...more

Employment Flash - July 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/20/2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more

San Francisco Passes Emergency Reemployment Ordinance

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/1/2020

San Francisco now requires employers with 100 or more employees to offer a right to reemployment to previous employees who were laid off due to COVID-19 pandemic prior to making offers of employment to new applicants. ...more

Paycheck Protection Program: Understanding the Rules and Potential Options May Be Required to Maximize Loan Forgiveness

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP on 4/27/2020

The Paycheck Protection Program (“the PPP”) has, by most accounts, been a great success in providing needed financial assistance to small businesses. While funding through the PPP is characterized as a “loan,” many business...more

Don’t Forget the Basics When Reopening Your Retail Business: A 5-Point Plan

Fisher Phillips on 4/24/2020

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that closed hundreds of thousands of business around the country is unprecedented. Fortunately, many retailers were able to maintain a fairly high level of continuity as essential businesses...more

Compelling Employees to Appear for Work During a Pandemic

Lewitt Hackman on 4/19/2020

Employers are faced with unique challenges with the appearance of COVID-19. While many employers are transitioning their workforce to remote platforms, many essential businesses (such as grocery stores, laundromats, and...more

COVID-19 – Key UK Employment Issues Guidance Note

White & Case LLP on 4/6/2020

Companies and their workforces are in unprecedented circumstances, with COVID-19 changing situations and advice on a frequent basis. In this alert, we have set out below the key issues faced by employers across the UK and...more

Overview of the most recent measures of the Government of the Slovak Republic regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus

White & Case LLP on 4/3/2020

On 31 March 2020, the Government of the Slovak Republic significantly extended the measures to mitigate the economic impacts related to the COVID- 19 pandemic, including significant amendments to the Labour Code and related...more

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Employment Law Developments Q&A

Dechert LLP on 4/3/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous impact on how businesses operate around the world. To help you navigate the different labor laws and regulations that governments have enacted during this critical time, Dechert’s...more

Social Security Administration Office Closures and Impact on Social Security Number Issuance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/31/2020

With the closure of Social Security Administration (SSA) offices in the wake of COVID-19, we are receiving questions concerning the impact on work authorization for individuals who may have recently entered the U.S. in a...more

COVID-19-Related Layoffs May Create More Liabilities for Retirement Plans

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits on 3/31/2020

As the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the United States, downsizings and shutdowns are spreading indiscriminately throughout the economy. ...more

A WARNing for Employers: When Conducting Layoffs, Know This Law

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 3/27/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has already had a massive impact on businesses. Many companies have announced layoffs, furloughs, or unpaid leaves of absence....more

What Employers Need To Know About Maryland’s Approach To COVID-19

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/26/2020

Maryland has taken far-reaching and proactive steps to minimize the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including expanding unemployment insurance, prohibiting the termination of employees who have been isolated...more

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