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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 -

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your June To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 5/30/2025

Here are the top items you should tackle in June, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more

When Does Venting Become a Complaint?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/18/2025

A company makes the difficult decision to terminate an employee’s employment due to poor performance. This should come as no surprise to the employee, who has been counselled and disciplined on numerous occasions. Yet, the...more

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

What New Administration’s Moves at EEOC, NLRB Mean for Employers

DarrowEverett LLP on 2/25/2025

Times they are a-changin’ … with a flurry of moves and terminations, the new administration has signaled a reverse within the federal labor and employment landscape. These changes will have significant impacts on current...more

A Whirlwind Start: Employers’ Recap of First 21 Days of the Trump Administration

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2025

President Donald Trump is just 21 days into his second term in office, but you might already be struggling to keep up with the number of changes and policy shifts coming from the new administration. While new presidents are...more

Labor & employment in Week 3 of Trump 2: The Empire Strikes Back

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 2/7/2025

Resistance is building. In his third week in office, President Trump is beginning to meet with resistance to some of his initiatives. Here is the latest. Court blocks voluntary separation program -- at least, until Monday....more

Be Global: Employment Law in 5 - January 2025

DLA Piper on 2/4/2025

In the days following his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed numerous Executive Orders (EOs) including the far-reaching “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which will affect private...more

Be Global: Employment law in 5

DLA Piper on 2/4/2025

Recent federal and state actions are poised to impact certain labor and employment laws in the United States. In the days following his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed numerous Executive Orders (EOs) including...more

Beltway Buzz - October 2024 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/21/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

#WorkforceWednesday®: FTC Exits Labor Pact, EEOC Alleges Significant Underrepresentation in Tech, Sixth Circuit Affirms NLRB...

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/9/2024

This week, we’re spotlighting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) decision to withdraw from a federal labor pact; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) report on alleged underrepresentation in science,...more

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Workplace Law Update: 12 Essential Items on Your May To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 5/6/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Severance Agreement Confidentiality Provisions Under Fire, Employer Surveillance, and a Roadmap for Profanity in the Context of...

Benesch on 4/1/2024

In early 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB 58, revoked employers’ ability to require their employees to keep the terms of severance packages confidential and to...more

Department of Labor, Including OFCCP, Continues Work on Guidance and “Promising Practices” Regarding Artificial Intelligence

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/27/2024

The Acting Director of OFCCP and the Solicitor of Labor indicated that they are moving full speed ahead on developing guidance regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence, and that the Department of Labor is working...more

SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/2/2024

The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

Four New Year’s Resolutions for Employers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/1/2024

New Year’s resolutions are common. Many people attempt a “dry” January. Others a dry February, because there are less days in the month. As we close out the first month of 2024 here are four proposed New Year’s resolutions...more

2024 "To-Do" List for Employers

Foster Garvey PC on 1/12/2024

As 2023 has ended, and 2024 has arrived, our Labor, Employment & Immigration attorneys are pleased to bring you a convenient summary of significant legal developments. These updates are crucial for you as an employer to stay...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2023

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we’ll see in the workplace in the coming year, especially given the recent volatility we’ve experienced and expect for the foreseeable future. Despite the ever-present...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

Employment Law Now VII-138 - An Interview With the DOL, EEOC, and NLRB

Cozen O'Connor on 11/7/2023

In today's new episode, Michael Schmidt interviews high-level officials from the United States Department of Labor (Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda), the United States EEOC (Commissioner Andrea Lucas), and the NLRB (General...more

EEOC, Other Federal Agencies Set the Pace for Employers Using AI in the Workplace

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/19/2023

It is safe to say that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) went mainstream in 2023. With the widening acceptance of AI, dozens of industries have raced to adopt the technology into various operations at a staggering pace...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/6/2023

Severance: Labor Board Prohibits Employers from Restricting Employee Speech in Severance Agreements - In the Apple TV+ show Severance, employees of Lumon Industries may agree to a "severance" program in which non-work...more

Broad Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Release Agreements Subject to NLRB Scrutiny

Poyner Spruill LLP on 3/1/2023

On February 21, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion with significant implications for confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in employers’ severance and release agreements with departing...more

NLRB Concludes that Separation Agreement Provisions Prohibiting Disparagement and Requiring Confidentiality of Agreement Terms...

Goodwin on 2/28/2023

In its recent decision in McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) concluded that provisions in employment separation agreements prohibiting disparagement of the employer and requiring...more

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