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Corporate Counsel

The Employee Performance Review Is Under Review

The process's critics say reviewing employees yearly is cumbersome, expensive and can hurt relationships between managers and employees.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Employment Law Risk? Here Are 4 Types of Apps for That

Apps have found their way into the workplace, where in the best case they can help get more work done, but in some scenarios can lead to liability for employers.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

To Avoid Age Discrimination Suits, Nix the Term 'Old Fart'

Lesson No. 1 of employment law: Don't call your employee an "old fart." Just don't.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Speaking Up and Getting Dressed Down

Employers can overstep when they constrict wardrobe and speech.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Brokerage Windows in Retirement Plans

Some recent developments surrounding the use of so-called "brokerage windows" under participant-directed retirement plans.
14 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Making the Case for More Diversity

Mark Roellig of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Mark Holden of Koch Industries Inc. and Brad Smith of Microsoft Corp. are making news for their efforts to improve racial diversity in the business world.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Balancing FMLA and an Internal Investigation

Just because an employee takes time under the Family and Medical Leave Act doesn't mean you can't investigate his or her misconduct. You just need to be careful about it.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Does Hiring More Millennials Mean More HR Changes?

The generation born between 1982-2004 is expected to outnumber baby boomers in the workplace for the first time by the end of this year.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Crime and Employment: Hiring a Worker With a Record

During the hiring process, human resources professionals and in-house lawyers have to make difficult decisions when job applicants have criminal backgrounds.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The State of Noncompetes and Trade Secrets, State by State

Noncompete and trade secret laws can be confusing for in-house counsel at a national company, as what is legal in one state can be questionable or even prohibited in another.
2 minute read

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