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Best Management Practices

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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 -

Don’t Make a Habit of it, but Sometimes, Ignorance IS Bliss

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/2/2017

As a general rule, of course, Human Resources Departments and company management want to be – and should be – well-informed about issues in the workplace, including employees unhappy enough to have raised claims of...more

End of The Employment Road? Tips To Avoid a Collision

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/21/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: When the decision is to terminate, getting the basics right can go a long way toward preventing claims down the road by departing employees. Inevitably, at some point, every employment relationship...more

Blocked: Managing Social Media at Work Under Virginia’s New Privacy Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2015

With social media pervading all facets of society (no less than 67 percent of Americans are regular users), businesses have long been concerned with their employees’ potentially detrimental social media activities. As these...more

Employer Is Liable under the WLAD for Refusing to Hire a Truck Driver for Taking a Prescribed Narcotic

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/3/2015

Just when is an employer required to hire those taking prescription pain medications? In Clipse v. Commercial Driver Services, Inc., the Washington Court of Appeals held that Commercial Driver Services, Inc. was liable under...more

New York City “Bans the Box”—Inquiries Into Applicants’ Criminal Histories Now Significantly Restricted

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/15/2015

On June 10, 2015, the New York City Council passed the Fair Chance Act (the “Act”), which prohibits employers from inquiring into the criminal backgrounds of applicants in the initial stages of the employment application...more

California Confectioner Defeats Worker’s Age Discrimination Claim

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/4/2015

Armenta v. Morris National, Inc., No. B255575 (March 27, 2015): Discrimination claims often ensue after a reduction in force (RIF) because laid off employees second-guess management’s selection process. However, as seen in a...more

The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/7/2015

In this Issue: - Immigration - State Round-Up - Best Practices - Retaliation - Employment Discrimination - Excerpt from Immigration; Spouses of H-1B visa holders will be eligible for work...more

2015 Labor and Employment Law Checklist

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 1/29/2015

Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find this 2015...more

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