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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 -

[Event] Employment Law Symposium - August 28th, Richmond, VA

Kaufman & Canoles on 7/31/2025

Navigate the ever-changing employment law circus at our Richmond Employment Law Symposium. As legal rules continue to shift like contortionists, employers need practical strategies to stay compliant. The K&C Employment Law...more

[Event] 41st Annual Employment Law Update - May 15th, Hampton, VA

Kaufman & Canoles on 4/17/2025

Managing risk in the employment law circus isn’t always easy when the rules change like they are contortionists. The 41st Annual Employment Law Update will highlight recent changes to the law and how employers can most...more

[Event] 40th Annual Employment Law Update - July 16th, Hampton, VA

Kaufman & Canoles on 5/7/2024

Sometimes it seems employers are awash with new employment laws and regulations that require effective HR help to navigate. This year’s 40th ELU is designed to update employers on developments like the new proposed EEOC...more

Recent Rulings Pave Way for More Workplace Bias Claims: 5 Steps for Florida Employers to Reduce Risk of Trial

Fisher Phillips on 2/22/2024

Two recent court rulings provide a roadmap for Florida employees and their attorneys to take their claims all the way to trial by building a convincing mosaic of circumstantial evidence. This means that now more than ever,...more

New Jersey Court Says Employee Discharged for Discipline Not Entitled to Payment for Accrued PTO

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/6/2023

On February 22, 2022, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that a hospital employee discharged for disciplinary reasons was not entitled to payment of accrued paid time off (PTO) because the hospital had...more

Employer Discipline Lessons In DC Circ. Vulgar Protest Ruling | Insights & Events

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/22/2022

A ruling of the National Labor Relations Board in favor of an employee fired for using vulgar language on a company bulletin board was affirmed in August by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...more

Sixth Circuit: Employee-Driven Talk About Retirement Does Not Prove Employer’s Discriminatory Pretext

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/5/2022

Talking to an employee about her retirement plans when considering the termination of her employment as discipline for a policy violation is not per se age discrimination, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

ADA Litigation Lessons Surfaced From a Zamboni Machine

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/5/2019

Employers, you see this movie all too often. You tolerate, and then ultimately discharge, a poor-performing employee who displays a bad attitude. Unfortunately, supervisors have not documented the employee’s prior instances...more

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