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Corporate Counsel

Applying HR Analytics Creates Discrimination Danger

Data analytics has landed in the human resources office, but there is a threat of employment discrimination claims resulting from systems that exclude candidates with certain protected characteristics.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mind Your PLAs in Government Construction Contracts

A project labor agreement requires the contractors, whether unionized or not, to submit to unionization in order to receive the contract.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Is Telecommuting a Reasonable ADA Accommodation?

The employment lawyer's adage that "no good deed goes unpunished" was thrown into sharp relief by the Sixth Circuit when it looked at telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation for a disabled employee.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Uber Ruling and the Future of Worker Classification

Who is an employee in an economy where the tech-driven and on-demand nature of services has to some degree changed the nature of classification criteria?
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Listen Up: A Court Rules on On-the-Job Hearing Loss

A decision from the Louisiana Supreme Court could be just the judgment employers want to hear.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

An Employment Law Tightrope: Criminal Background Checks

Employers are forced to walk an increasingly narrow tightrope as they decide whether to use an individual's criminal history in making hiring decisions.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ADA Accommodation: Be Reasonable, But Also Effective

It need not be perfect or what the employee asked for, but an Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation must get the job done.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Executive Pay Debates Highlight Compensation Committee Role

Trends toward performance-based pay and increased disclosure are impacting the work of the group at the heart of executive pay discussions: the board's compensation committee.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Watch the Clock: FMLA and 'Overnight' Hospital Stays

Job-protected leave gets a little tricky if you're admitted to the hospital after midnight and released that same day.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Want a Promotion? Go on Vacation

How many ambitious junior employees at your company let some or all of their vacation time go unused every year?
2 minute read

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