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DE Under 3: AI Revolution is Now Here with Major Ramifications
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The Reality of DEI Programs: A Big Brother Perspective — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 17: Federal Contractor Fundamentals with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group, Part 2
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Employment Law Now VIII-144 – Current AI Regulatory Landscape and Employer Best Practices
Webinar: Is Your DEI Policy Setting You Up for a Lawsuit?
DE Under 3: Title VII Prohibits Discriminatory Job Transfers Even Without Significant Harm, U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled
What's the Tea in L&E? Bogus Excuses
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 13: The Americans with Disabilities Act with Stefania Bondurant
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California Employment News: Effective Disciplinary Procedures and Policies
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What's the Tea in L&E? Is Your Workplace "Toxic?" Best Practices for Psychological Safety
Effective Harassment Trainings: Best Approaches With Insights from NCIS — Hiring to Firing Podcast
DE Under 3: Four Things Recruiters Should Take Away from Our “Year-over-Year” Unemployment Pool Comparison Charts
DE Talk Podcast | The Platinum Rule of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In recent years, the issue of secret recordings by employees has sparked considerable controversy. You may recall the recent incident involving an employee at CloudFlare, who filmed herself for nine minutes while questioning...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Our March update considers key employment law developments from February 2022. It includes an important case on holiday pay for gig economy workers, EAT guidance on employment status and a case considering the ability of a...more
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Downs Rachlin Martin labor and employment attorneys Amy Resnick and Andrea Wright highlight key Vermont and Federal legislative updates from 2020 that impact HR professionals. They walk through: Vermont minimum wage...more
In Gogel v. Kia Motors Mfg. of Ga., the Eleventh Circuit examined Title VII's opposition clause and the extent to which "oppositional conduct" can be considered so unreasonable that it loses Title VII protection. In this...more
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Lawyers love to follow the intricacies of litigation - we read the court decisions and follow matters through trials like some follow the latest happenings in their favorite TV drama. CRST Van Expedited v. EEOC - From...more
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The Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Evangeline Parker v. Reema Consulting Services, Incorporated, 915 F.3d 297 (4th Cir. 2019) grabbed headlines for its controversial ruling that workplace gossip can support a sex...more
Our July update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on shared parental pay, holiday pay calculations and whistleblowing disclosures. We also outline other points of note, including proposed...more
In making disciplinary decisions, a question often posed in the human resources office is whether the disciplinary action is consistent with past discipline to other employees. The reason for this question is that disparate...more
The New Jersey Appellate Division’s recent decision in Aryee v. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center on February 20, 2019 demonstrates that even in an increasingly pro-employee environment, employers can prevail in...more
Under the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA), also known as the “whistleblower statute,” it is unlawful to fire an employee “solely for refusing to participate in, or for refusing to remain silent about, illegal...more
Employment lawyers and most HR professionals are familiar with the Faragher-Ellerth defense to a claim of sexual harassment. In short, if an employer can show that (1) it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct...more
A recent decision by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, in which the employer prevailed in a retaliatory discharge claim, demonstrates the importance of (1) maintaining confidentiality of workplace investigations and (2)...more
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An employer’s shifting rationale for termination doomed it to facing a jury trial on a pregnancy discrimination claim in the recent case Fassbender v. Correct Care Solutions....more
We are about midway through the 2017-18 term of the U.S. Supreme Court. One case the Court has already decided and another it refused to take up provide some insight on how the Court has handled employment cases it has been...more
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