News & Analysis as of September 18, 2024

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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 -

The Employer’s Playbook for Managing Remote and Hybrid Workforces

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2024

The rise of remote work has forced employers to tackle one challenge after another – and now the biggest challenge is effectively managing remote and hybrid workforces for the long term. When the pandemic hit, many employers...more

Training Repayment Agreements Raise Legal Risks for Employers

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/15/2023

A recent New York Times article described growing use by employers of training repayment agreements, or TRAs. A TRA requires an employee to repay training expenses incurred by the employer if they quit before a certain period...more

Time Is Not Always Money: Ninth Circuit Holds That Pre-Employment Drug Testing Is Not Compensable Under California Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/30/2022

On June 13, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Johnson v. WinCo Foods Holdings, Inc, et al. that class members who were not yet employed by WinCo were not entitled to compensation for the time required to take a...more

Employer Need Not Reimburse Travel Expenses for Drug Test

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 6/17/2022

A federal appeals court recently affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of WinCo Foods in a class action alleging that WinCo should have reimbursed successful job applicants for the time and travel expenses they...more

Is It Time To Recall Some Of Your HR Policies?

Fisher Phillips on 5/1/2017

Factory recalls have become a fact of life for those who sell and drive vehicles. The scenarios have a common theme: a vehicle part does not operate as designed or is determined to present a possible risk of failure. Once...more

Federal Appeals Court Holds That H&R Block Does Not Have To Pay Trainees For Mandatory Pre-Hire Continuing Professional Education...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 5/14/2014

On May 2, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that time spent by accountants attending a continuing professional education training course was not compensable because the accountants were not employed...more

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