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From Hire to Retire: The Role of Background Checks Throughout the Employee Lifecycle

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 4/24/2025

Explore how background checks play a crucial role throughout the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to retirement. Learn how they mitigate risk, ensure compliance, and build a trustworthy workplace....more

Changes to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code Take Effect March 31, 2025

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 3/24/2025

In December 2024, Ministerial Order 2024-12 introduced important amendments to Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Code (the "Code"), expanding and streamlining workplace violence and harassment prevention requirements....more

California Employment Laws Related to States of Emergency

BakerHostetler on 1/16/2025

Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more

California Labor and Employment Law Updates for 2025

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 12/18/2024

As we move into 2025, California continues its trend of enacting progressive and comprehensive labor and employment laws. The new legislative updates span a range of critical issues, including whistleblowing, discrimination,...more

States Enact Laws Limiting COVID-19 Liability

Littler on 7/4/2020

Previously, we discussed the increasing number of lawsuits filed against employers relating to COVID-19, and how these numbers are expected to swell. Perhaps recognizing the economic ruin that could befall employers facing...more

Employers Beware: Preparing for the Inevitable Flood of COVID-Related Lawsuits

Payne & Fears on 5/27/2020

As states lift their “stay-at-home” orders, employers who have struggled to survive the economic toll of the COVID-19 crisis now face a new threat: uncertain legal liability in a post-COVID market. As we transition away from...more

OSHA Penalties Soon Getting a Boost

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 11/12/2015

Michael Kinsley once said “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” And one gaffe that has often been repeated is Speaker Pelosi’s statement from 2010, saying about the Affordable Care Act, “we have to pass the bill so...more

The Big Move Toward Big Data in Employment

Littler on 8/5/2015

The world of Big Data has arrived, and it is beginning to affect employers and their decision-making in ways undreamed of even a few years ago. Employers can access more information about their applicant pool than ever...more

A little good news: OSHA Grants Some Reprieve For Compliance with Its New Construction Industry Confined Space Rules

Baker Donelson on 8/5/2015

On May 4, 2015, OSHA issued a final rule setting new standards for workers in confined spaces on construction sites. The new rule requires coordination for multiple employers at the worksite, a competent person to evaluate...more

New Workplace Harassment Training Challenges (And How to Tackle Them)

NAVEX on 1/22/2015

Workplace harassment is a decades-old problem that, frustratingly, takes on new forms and new life each year. Harassment and discrimination (including gender, age, disability, religion and racial workplace discrimination)...more

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