Labor Law

Advice to Hiring Managers: The Less You Know the Better

By Erin Mulvaney | July 20, 2017

When trying to figure out if job candidates are a good fit, for hiring managers it's okay to be boring—a tip that extends to small talk you…

National Law Journal

Advice to Hiring Managers: The Less You Know the Better

By Erin Mulvaney | July 19, 2017

Keep it simple and stick to concrete questions that focus on the ability to perform the job. This and other tips from a panel discussion Wednesday hosted by the Practising Law Institute.

New York Law Journal

Merendino v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 18, 2017

Worker Was Sole Proximate Cause of Fall, Claims in Personal Injury Action Dismissed

National Law Journal

Casino Surveillance Techs Lose Union Fight in 'Ocean's Eleven' Dispute

By Erin Mulvaney | July 18, 2017

A federal appeals panel in Washington rules against casino surveillance technicians in a union dispute that drew comparisons to the movie "Ocean's Eleven."

Legaltech News

Google Scores in Data Battle With Labor Department

By David Ruiz | July 18, 2017

A San Francisco judge granted Google some protection from a deep data probe for employee compensation, salary history and contact information.

National Law Journal

Venezuelan Immigrant Sues Procter & Gamble, Alleging Discriminatory Hiring Practices

By Erin Mulvaney | July 17, 2017

Venezuelan native David Rodriguez says Procter & Gamble rejected him from a paid internship because of his immigration status, despite being authorized to work in the U.S., according to a lawsuit he filed Monday in Florida federal court.

National Law Journal

'Joint Employment' Rulings Face Tests in US Supreme Court, DC Circuit

By Marcia Coyle | July 17, 2017

As the business community awaits a federal appellate court decision on the National Labor Relations Board's definition of "joint employer," another key labor case—one that also looks at the relationships between companies—is moving forward in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Legaltech News

Social Media Sleuthing of Job Candidates Could Be Risky Business

By Miriam Rozen | July 17, 2017

Some employment lawyers have begun to encourage having hiring partners and direct managers walled off from their subordinates' social media accounts.

The American Lawyer

Social Media Sleuthing of Job Candidates Could Be Risky Business

By Miriam Rozen | July 14, 2017

The information employers find about potential candidates could be used against them in discrimination suits, lawyers warn.

The Legal Intelligencer

Analyzing the Long-Awaitied 'Protz' Decision

By Christian Petrucci | July 14, 2017

English philosopher, John Locke, wrote in his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 that ­legislative authority consists of the power "to make laws, and not to make legislators." Considering the Pennsylvania Supreme Court felt compelled to include this quote at the beginning of its review of Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District), 124 A.3d 406 (Pa. Commw. 2015), it stands to reason that the court wanted to leave no doubt that the Pennsylvania General Assembly had, in fact, attempted to make legislators out of the members of the American Medical Association when the General Assembly authored Section 306(a.2) of the Workers' Compensation Act. As is well known by now, Act 57 of 1996 amended the Workers' Compensation Act in an attempt to join the wave of jurisdictions that were appealing to The American Medial Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairments (The AMA Guides) to limit workers' rights. The problem in Pennsylvania has been that the amendments called for reliance on "the most recent edition" of the AMA Guides in performing impairment rating evaluations (IREs). The Supreme Court has finally weighed in on the matter and found that the Pennsylvania legislature attempted to pass off to another body de facto control over matters of policy in violation of Article II Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.