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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 -

Better 4 You Breakfast Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliatory Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/25/2017

School Meals Provider Will Pay $62,500 to Settle Retaliation Claims and Provide Training to Employees on Retaliation - PHOENIX - A Commerce, Calif.-based company that provides prepared meals to schools has agreed to...more

ABL Management to Pay $35,000 to Settle Retaliation Lawsuit with EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/11/2017

Company Fired Panama City Employee After He Reported Male Supervisor Sexually Harassed Him, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ABL Management, Inc., a Baton Rouge, La.-based food management company, will pay...more

Rite Way to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/27/2017

Federal Agency Wins $70,000 for Worker Who Was Fired for Helping With Sexual Harassment Investigation - GULFPORT, Miss. - Rite Way Service, Inc., a former Alabama corporation that provided janitorial cleaning services to...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 10/15/2015

Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more

Third Circuit Issues Employer-Friendly Ruling in Discrimination and Retaliation Case

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 8/21/2015

On August 12, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion in Jones v. SEPTA, a discrimination and retaliation claim brought by a former employee of the Philadelphia-area transit agency. The Third...more

Employee’s Wrongful Termination And Defamation Claims Were Properly Dismissed

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/27/2013

John McGrory alleged his employment was terminated because he is male and because he participated in his employer’s internal investigation. He also alleged defamation associated with a statement the vice president of human...more

Court Rejects FEHA Claim Brought By Fired Department Manager

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/11/2013

McGrory v. Applied Signal Tech. Inc., No. H036597 (January 24, 2013): A California Court of Appeal recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit where the employee refused to cooperate with a company investigation and claimed...more

Employee Was Properly Terminated For Lying And Failing To Cooperate During Company Investigation

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 2/4/2013

John McGrory sued his former employer, alleging he was unlawfully retaliated against for being uncooperative and deceptive during a company investigation into allegations that he had discriminated against a subordinate...more

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