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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 -

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Remote Employee Who Did Not Reside or Work in Minnesota Is Not Protected by the Minnesota...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/15/2025

A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently issued a decision in Kuklenski v. Medtronic USA, Inc., No. 24-1310 (8th Cir. Apr. 9, 2025), finding that the definition of “employee” in...more

The Littler Annual Employer Survey Report - May 2023

Littler on 5/10/2023

Executive Summary - Widespread economic uncertainty. Evolving workforce expectations. Accelerating use of artificial intelligence (AI). A shifting patchwork of local, state and federal regulations. Numerous headwinds...more

What Lies Ahead? – Predictions for Employers in 2023

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 1/4/2023

While issues like PPP loans, the CARES Act, and vaccination mandates are largely in the rearview mirror, the workplace looks vastly different than it did three years ago. Some of these changes were brought about by COVID,...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

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

Compass: Insights And Direction For Employers – Spring 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/15/2019

NLRB Returns to Traditional Independent Contractor Standard - On January 25, 2019, in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) returned to its traditional independent contractor standard based on the...more

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