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Shipman & Goodwin LLP

[Webinar] 2024 Labor and Employment Series - What’s New? Hot Topics in Employment Law - October 15th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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In our complimentary four-part webinar series, Shipman's labor and employment attorneys will guide private-sector employers through some of the most pressing legal challenges in the modern workplace. From neurodiversity and...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

[Webinar] 2024 Labor and Employment Series - Neurodiversity in the Workplace - October 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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In our complimentary four-part webinar series, Shipman's labor and employment attorneys will guide private-sector employers through some of the most pressing legal challenges in the modern workplace. From neurodiversity...more

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[Webinar] 2024 Labor and Employment Series - AI and Privacy Laws in the Workplace - October 1st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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In our complimentary four-part webinar series, Shipman's labor and employment attorneys will guide private-sector employers through some of the most pressing legal challenges in the modern workplace. From neurodiversity...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

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Florida Law Imposes Additional E-Verify Requirements for Private Employers

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Further Hiring Requirements for Private Employers - A. Overview of Senate Bill 1718 (“SB1718”) - Earlier this year, the State of Florida enacted a law that continues to have significant implications for employers across...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] How Will The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling Affect Workplace DEI Programs? - September 21st, 9:00 am PT

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This webinar will examine what the Supreme Court held in its ruling on universities’ affirmative action plans, the controversy surrounding how the Supreme Court’s ruling affects employer’s diversity, equity and inclusion...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Facilitating Effective Focus Groups for DEIA Change Management - April 19th, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

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There is increasing focus on public accountability for visible progress made towards organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) commitments for both private employers and government agencies....more

Fisher Phillips

Michigan “Right to Work” Law Soon to Be Repealed: What Should Employers Do?

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Michigan lawmakers have just approved bills that will repeal Michigan’s 2012 right-to-work law for private sector workers, ushering in a new day for labor relations in the state. When the two bills are reconciled and final...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Connecticut Private Employer Law Update

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The 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly produced several laws governing the private employment sector. This article summarizes the major points of those laws....more

Genova Burns LLC

Digital Walls Surrounding Speech on Social Media Crumble: NJ Appellate Division Upholds Employee Termination for Racist Facebook...

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On May 20, 2022, in McVey v AtlantiCare Medical System, the New Jersey Appellate Division Panel affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s case holding that her termination was not in violation of the protections afforded to...more

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California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

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As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

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New York City Poised to Bar Pre-employment Marijuana Testing

On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill that would prohibit most pre-employment screening for marijuana by public and private employers. The bill is supported by Mayor Bill de Blasio and would...more

Holland & Knight LLP

El Ministerio Trabajo Presenta Plataforma para Registro de Trabajadores Extranjeros

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El Ministerio del Trabajo presentó la plataforma de registro de trabajadores extranjeros en Colombia denominada Registro Único de Trabajadores Extranjeros en Colombia (RUTEC), el cual permitirá el registro automático vía web...more

K&L Gates LLP

Working Wise: Age (Discrimination) Is More Than Just a Number: Job Applicants and the ADEA

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In this episode, Erinn Rigney discusses a recent Seventh Circuit court decision that opens the door for job applicants to assert claims of disparate impact under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Can You Fire Someone For Racist Tweets?

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On May 29, Roseanne Barr posted a tweet comparing former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape. ABC’s reaction was swift and decisive: it fired Barr and cancelled her show. ABC’s decision led to pontification from...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Michigan Bans Local Ban-the-Box Laws

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recently signed a bill that will prohibit counties and cities from enacting “ban-the-box” ordinances or other restrictions on the ability of private employers to inquire about...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Lawsuit Claims First Amendment Protections for Political Speech for Employee of Private Sector Company

Every lawyer learns in their first year of law school’s Constitutional Law class that the First Amendment does not shield people from the consequences of their statements. Free speech guarantees only prohibit the government...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

There’s no debate: freedom of speech presents challenging legal issues for workers and employers in the age of social media

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John Pueschel, partner in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Bond Dickinson, examines the limits on employee free speech and use of social media against the background of recent events at Google and in Charlottesville....more

Payne & Fears

"Ban-the-Box" Law Expanded to Private Employers

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Assembly Bill 1008 broadens the current “ban the box” law beyond public employers to apply to private employers....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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...On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was awarding nearly $2.5 million to a government employee who tipped off the SEC to a company’s wrongdoing. Although the SEC does not...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Before You Fire That Political Extremist . . .

If you’re a private sector employer, you can generally fire an at-will employee for his or her political beliefs or expression. The First Amendment, as we discussed last week, does not limit you. Depending on where you are,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

D.C. Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act Sent To Mayor For Approval

On December 20, 2016, the District of Columbia Council passed the Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act of 2016 (B21-0244) (the “Act”) which, if enacted, would amend the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977 to prohibit employers...more

McAfee & Taft

2016 presidential election dynamics in the workplace: Free speech? ‘You’re fired’

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None of us are immune from this year’s presidential election dynamics. Disrespect and name-calling seem more prevalent than policy discussions. The election is highly polarizing, potentially pitting employee against employee....more

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Supreme Court of Canada Holds Private Federal Employers Must Have Just Cause to Dismiss Non-Managerial Employees

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Part III of the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) contains unjust dismissal provisions that apply to private Canadian employers subject to federal jurisdiction. Where a complaint of unjust dismissal is filed by a dismissed...more

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