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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your June To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 6/3/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Get Set for Summer: 8 Things Hospitality Employers Should Know About Hiring Teens this Season

Fisher Phillips on 5/14/2024

Many employers in the hospitality industry are ramping up their hiring efforts as they get ready for their busiest season. Whether you’re operating a restaurant, hotel, swim club, tourist attraction, or other business that’s...more

Employing Minors in Tennessee – FAQs for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 11/15/2022

With the labor shortage, you may have started considering expanding your applicant pool to groups of potential employees you had not previously considered, like minors. Even if you have not yet considered hiring minors, you...more

Dear Littler: What employment issues should we keep in mind when hiring seasonal minor employees?

Littler on 6/3/2021

Dear Littler: We’re a nationwide employer excited that many of the pandemic-related restrictions are starting to ease up. In pre-COVID times, summer was always our busiest season. ...more

Youth workers in Iowa

Dentons on 4/21/2021

Even though we haven’t finished the Drake Relays and most likely have at least one more blizzard in our future, employers are thinking about when school ends and potentially hiring youth workers in Iowa. Employers who hire a...more

Who-When-What: State Law Basics on Summer Hiring

Fisher Phillips on 6/1/2018

Here we are - the school year is coming to a close and you are eager to get your business staffed with forward-thinking, millennial summer hires. Don’t move too fast though, because in addition to the federal Fair Labor...more