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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... more +
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 -
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With Federal Funding in Flux, Some Employers May Need to Review Layoff Procedures

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Terminations and layoffs are often the subject of employee class action lawsuits, whether they are brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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With the March 16, 2020 effective date of the new rule interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) almost upon us, employers should brush up on the updated guidance and review their...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Department of Labor Wishes You a Happy New Year — and Implements Employer-Friendly Changes Regarding Interns and Volunteers

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On January 5, 2018, the Department of Labor announced two employer-friendly changes applicable to interns and volunteers. Specifically, the DOL has adopted an employer-friendly approach to internships and has reinstated a...more

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DOL Clarifies Approach to Unpaid Internships

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Earlier this month, US employers received important news just as the season of hiring summer interns is set to begin. The Department of Labor (“DOL”), through Fact Sheet #71, clarified its position regarding unpaid...more

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DOL Updates Guidance on Unpaid Interns, Embracing Circuit Courts' Approach

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The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a significant change in its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with respect to interns. The FLSA, of course, regulates an employer’s duty to pay minimum wage...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Are Your Unpaid Interns Actually Interns? Six-Factor Test Is Out, and Primary Beneficiary Test Is In

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it will adopt a new, more flexible test for distinguishing interns from employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

U.S. Department Of Labor Endorses More Flexible Unpaid Intern Test

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Q. Our company wants to establish an internship program and host student interns to work alongside our employees. Do we need to pay the interns? A. Possibly. Over the past few years, courts and the Department of Labor...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Clarifies When Interns are Subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act

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In a recent change of position, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has endorsed a new standard for determining when an unpaid intern is entitled to compensation as an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). We...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Bids Adieu to Six-Factor Internship Test

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Labor has scrapped its 2010 Fact Sheet on internship status and adopted the more flexible and employer-friendly test devised by Second Circuit....more

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