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Employment Discrimination

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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 -

Despite violating numerous workplace behavior policies, flight attendant wins initial day in court

McAfee & Taft on 8/23/2022

A recent jury verdict against Southwest Airlines and Transport Workers Union of America, Local 556 is an interesting study in the tension between an employer’s right to police an employee’s statements on social media and the...more

Employers Should Be Aware of Where They Advertise - Social Media Platforms are Being Scrutinized

Dickinson Wright on 1/13/2020

The internet age has opened up seemingly countless digital platforms for employers and employees to use in seeking to fill, and applying for, open positions. ...more

Is Looking For Applicants On Social Media Looking For Trouble?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/7/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: While targeted social media ads may help employers find potential applicants with specific skill sets, inartfully crafted ads may open the door to discrimination claims, particularly in California....more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/19/2018

China is answering the White House’s latest tariff announcement with another $60 billion in levies on US goods of its own....more

I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination

Cozen O'Connor on 12/4/2017

Good faith and timing means everything in employment law. This episode of Employment Law Now provides an update from DC, discusses questions employers should be asking in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news,...more

The Pros and Cons of Social Media in Job Screenings

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/29/2017

It is not surprising that a recent survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management revealed that a growing number of employers are using social media both to hire and to disqualify job candidates. Social media...more

Inappropriate Social Media Activity Dooms Job Applicant’s Prospects

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 10/11/2016

Being connected to not just your friends, but their friends and their friends’ friends (it’s all six degrees of separation, right?) means that it’s become increasingly hard to stay anonymous when using an online dating...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: June 2016 #4

Zelle LLP on 6/28/2016

Last week, a television reporter filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging that she was discriminated against because she is white. The reporter was terminated following a post on her employer’s Facebook post that...more

Social Media-Based Screening and FCRA

Zelle LLP on 3/25/2016

By now, most employers are familiar with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and understand how it impacts background checks and applicant screening. In short, FCRA says that if an employer uses a third...more

Hold that Friend Request: Legal Traps in a Post-Facebook Work Environment

Burr & Forman on 8/25/2015

Many well-meaning managers engage with employees on social media websites, and doing so provides a host of benefits: stronger relationships between employees and management; a sense of collegiality; instant updates on...more

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