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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 -

Real Versus Robot: Biometric Vetting in Hiring

Mintz on 8/13/2025

3 Our recent post (Real Versus Robot) focused on the risks inherent in the virtual world of accidentally hiring a bot and provided some tips for ensuring bad AI-actors don't end up working inside an organization. Today's WSJ...more

Forecast: March 2022 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 3/16/2022

Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

CCPA Amendment Details to Consider

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/8/2019

In delving deeply into the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Amendments recently signed by the California Governor, and the proposed Regulations issued by the California Attorney General, there are some details that...more

How Two New CCPA Amendments Impact Business Compliance Obligations

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 11/7/2019

In June 2018, California broke new ground when it was the first state in the nation to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. The new law, called the California Consumer Privacy Act, gives Californians significant new...more

New California Legislation Enhances Employees’ Privacy Rights

Perkins Coie on 11/4/2019

With the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) set to take effect on January 1, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed amendments in October 2019 providing businesses some temporary shelter from the CCPA...more

Deadline Looms for Employers to Provide CCPA Notices

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/29/2019

As we have reported previously, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will take effect on January 1, 2020. On or before that date, businesses that employ California residents, retain California residents as independent...more

Employees Will Be Exempted from Most Requirements of the Amended California Consumer Privacy Act … For Now

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/24/2019

In an effort to give consumers more control over the data businesses collect from and about them, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 (and amended it a few months later). The...more

California CCPA Amendment Update: Here’s What Passed

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/20/2019

The California legislature passed six amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are on their way to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. The Governor has until October 13, 2019, to act on the amendments. ...more

Littler Global Guide - Spain - Q3 2018

Littler on 10/12/2018

Urgent Data Protection Measures for GDPR Enforceability - New Order or Decree - The Spanish government has fast-tracked the approval of measures aimed at adjusting Spanish legislation to the new General Data Protection...more

The Freeze Is On: Employers Must Immediately Update Background Check Forms

Fisher Phillips on 9/24/2018

There is a little-known provision from a new federal law that will most likely impact your hiring practices and your standard hiring documents—and it kicked in last Friday. As of September 21, all employers must update their...more

Data Privacy for Employees: A Two-Edged Sword

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 6/13/2018

The recent launch of GDPR in the EU (spawning lawsuits against Google and Facebook for $8.8 Billion), and the endless string of data breaches (from Target and Home Depot to Equifax and Under Armor) has data privacy on...more

A Human Resources Manager’s Guide to the GDPR (Part 4)

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/11/2018

This article is Part 4 of our series on the GDPR for U.S.-based companies. Part 1 assisted U.S.-based companies in determining whether the GDPR applies to them; Part 2 provided an overview of the GDPR’s key concepts and...more

Employment Flash - April 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/2/2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

Cybersecurity Compliance Just Got Tougher

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/21/2016

Companies need specific, well-executed plans to meet growing demands of federal and state agencies. While cybersecurity risks have increased, government regulation has traditionally lagged behind. Recently, some...more

Employee’s Disclosure Of Customer Information In The Face Of Suspected Child Neglect Held Protected Activity Under CEPA, District...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/20/2013

In Stapleton v. DSW, Inc., 2013 WL 1137119 (D.N.J., March 20, 2013), a retail store employee observed a child whom she suspected was being neglected by her parent, a shopper in the store. The employee lodged a report with the...more

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