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No Slowing Down: Employers’ Recap of the Trump Administration’s First 50 Days

Fisher Phillips on 3/13/2025

While new presidents are typically judged based on their actions in their first 100 days, the current Trump administration has moved at such a rapid speed that we think another recap is needed at the halfway point. Here’s...more

Do’s and Don’ts for Your School When Conducting Job Interviews

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2025

The job interview is a crucial factor in maintaining a school’s community, identity, and safety. But it isn’t just a chance to vet applicants for compatibility with school culture and mission – it’s also when your school can...more

Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

Fisher Phillips on 6/3/2024

As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

To Non-Renew or Not Non-Renew -- Key Considerations for Connecticut School Districts Facing Budget Shortfalls

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 4/25/2023

Every year as May 1 approaches, Connecticut school districts are confronted with an unpleasant, albeit familiar, process. For better or worse, teacher non-renewal is a fact of life under the Teacher Tenure Act and the...more

Second Circuit Rejects Claim of Employee Fired for Refusing to Attend Training Session on LGBTQ Bias

Littler on 3/17/2023

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has rejected an employee’s claim that he was unlawfully discriminated against based on religion after he refused to attend mandatory LGBTQ anti-discrimination trainings. In...more

Teacher Reinstated Following TikTok Post Featuring Explicit Song and Suggestive Dance Moves

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 2/20/2023

Cent. Valley Sch. Dist. v. Cent. Valley Educ. Ass’n, 2022 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 482 (Pa. Commw. Ct., Nov. 7, 2022). In an unpublished opinion the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the decisions of an arbitrator and...more

Education Institutions’ Silver Linings Playbook For Emerging From the Pandemic

Fisher Phillips on 5/3/2021

Our firm just published a “Silver Linings Playbook” gleaned from our various practice groups and industry teams highlighting the various ways that businesses can emerge for the better after the pandemic. While educational...more

What Schools Should Do If An Employee Refuses To Return To Work Because Of COVID-19

Fisher Phillips on 6/3/2020

Given the uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19, efforts to contain it, and ever-changing health and safety guidelines, schools need to act quickly to address not only the current situation but also the new...more

Drug Testing Florida School District Job Applicants Is Tricky Business. Finally, Some Judicial Guidance

Rumberger | Kirk on 1/21/2019

Is mandatory drug testing for all school district job applicants constitutional? A recent case from the Eleventh Circuit suggests not. See Friedenberg v. Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach Cty., 9:17-cv-80221-RLR (11th Cir. 2018). ...more

Amendments Clarify Employers’ Background Check Obligations Under Pennsylvania Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/13/2015

On July 1, 2015, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act 15 (House Bill 1276), which amends Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) to clarify the requirements of employers and volunteer-based organizations to...more

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