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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 -

Refresher: How to Comply With U.S. Export Controls and Anti-Discrimination Laws When Recruiting and Hiring Foreign Nationals

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/9/2020

The scenario happens all the time: Your engineering department has identified a need for more personnel who will work with export-controlled information. Management has approved the hiring, and your Human Resources manager...more

The Ten Most Important Rules for Employers

Zelle LLP on 10/9/2015

Despite the complexity of employment law and the speed with which the law, technology, and the workplace are changing, there are a few basic principles that capture the best advice we can give to employers. They’re not a...more

Attention New Jersey Employers: It’s Time to Post the New Gender Equality Notice

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/6/2014

Effective January 6, 2014, New Jersey employers with 50 or more employees (regardless of whether those employees work inside or outside of New Jersey) must conspicuously post The New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce...more

Do I Really Have To Keep All These Employment Records?

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 12/13/2013

We are frequently asked how long an employer should retain employment records. Employers need to keep them as long as they are required, but obviously don’t want to retain and store any records longer than they have to....more

Employment Law Reporter - August 2013: Don't have rules and policies unless you are prepared to discipline those who break them

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 8/13/2013

In the immortal words of Stephen Covey, the genius who convinced us to micro-organize our lives into fifteen minute increments, "Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying...more

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