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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 -

Start the Clock—The Case for Including Contractual Limitations Periods in Employment Agreements

Dickinson Wright on 4/30/2025

Contractual limitations periods provide parties on both sides of an agreement certainty regarding the filing of a potential action. But many employers do not know that they may include such contractual limitations periods in...more

An Agreement to Shorten the Statute of Limitations on Employment Claims is Enforceable but Employers Must Prove an Agreement

Bodman on 1/25/2023

In Michigan, it is well-established that the statute of limitations for claims of discrimination, harassment and most other employment-based claims may be shortened by the agreement of the employer and the employee. This...more

10 Takeaways as New Jersey Set to Drastically Limit Non-Competes and Other Restrictive Covenants

Fisher Phillips on 6/1/2022

The New Jersey legislature is currently considering legislation that would add the state to the growing list of jurisdictions that have significantly limited the scope and enforceability of non-competition agreements and...more

Mark Your Calendars, New York Employers: A Look at the 2020 Effective Dates for Employment-Related Legislation

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/15/2020

2019 brought a number of important changes in the law that warrant the attention of New York employers. Start off the new year right and ensure your calendars are up to date by including the 2020 effective dates of these New...more

2020 California Employment Law Roundup

Vedder Price on 12/30/2019

As 2019 draws to a close, employers in California have a busy new year ahead of them with expanded legal obligations, including significant new legislation regarding independent contractor status and mandatory arbitration...more

2019 Recap: New York Leads the Nation in Expanding Work Harassment Protections

FordHarrison on 12/18/2019

New York has become the most progressive State in the nation when it comes to protecting workers against harassment, discrimination and retaliation on the job. In the last two years, New York has made it much easier for any...more

Key Legislation Emerging from Maryland and Local Ordinances to Remember

Littler on 5/29/2019

In Maryland this year, spring brings warm weather and new employment laws. The General Assembly passed, and Governor Larry Hogan signed, several new laws regulating the workplace. ...more

Puerto Rico Issues Comprehensive Labor Law Reform

FordHarrison on 2/8/2017

On January 26, 2017, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Ricardo Roselló, signed into law the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (the “Act”). The Act represents the first significant and comprehensive labor law reform to occur in...more

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/17/2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

Federal Court Reminds Trade Secret Owners That the Statute of Limitations Isn't Everything When it Comes to Misappropriation...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/2/2014

Several years after an employee leaves your company, you realize that he or she has been using confidential and proprietary information acquired from your business to compete against you. Your non-compete agreement with the...more

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