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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 -

NYC Artificial Intelligence Law on Employment Practices Takes Effect January 1, 2023

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/23/2022

On November 10, 2021, the New York City Council passed Int. No. 1894-A Relating to Automated Employment Decision Tools. This law is effective as of January 1, 2023. As 2023 creeps closer, prudent NYC employers will take steps...more

New York City to Restrict Use of Automated Employment Decision Tools: What Employers Should Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/7/2022

Employers and employment agencies in New York City that currently utilize, or expect to utilize, automated tools to make employment decisions may wish to begin planning now for restrictions that will take effect on January 1,...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: August 2018

Payne & Fears on 10/19/2018

This month’s key employment law cases address pre-employment physicals, appeals from California Labor Commissioner awards, and background checks. EEOC v. BNSF Ry. Co., 902 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2018)...more

UPDATE: The City of Los Angeles Adopts "Ban the Box," Prohibiting Criminal Conviction Inquiry Prior to Job Offer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (the “Ordinance”) imposes a host of new unlawful hiring practices upon private employers regarding inquiries into criminal convictions. Chief among them, an...more

City of Los Angeles Adopts Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance

Morgan Lewis on 12/21/2016

The ordinance, which aims to eliminate a barrier to employment for persons who have been convicted of crimes, becomes effective January 22, 2017....more

The City of Los Angeles Adopts “Ban the Box,” Prohibiting Criminal Conviction Inquiry Prior to Job Offer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/12/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective July 1, 2017, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (the “Ordinance”) imposes a host of new unlawful hiring practices upon private employers regarding inquiries into criminal...more

City of Los Angeles Mayor to Sign Long-Awaited and Onerous “Ban the Box” Law

Littler on 12/12/2016

In the next week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to sign the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Initiative), which will prohibit most private sector employers from inquiring into a job applicant’s criminal...more

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