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No, You Really Cannot Ask That and Other Implications of New Laws Impacting Employers

Most employers of California employees must change key hiring practices in order to comply with new state laws effective Jan. 1, 2018. These laws impact job applications, interviews, background checks and compensation.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

What Is Permitted Under NYC's Ban on Salary History?

Melissa Osipoff writes: Come Oct. 31, 2017, employers in New York City will face a scary new reality: They will no longer be permitted to ask job candidates about their salary history.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Conversations with Newsmakers: Greg Nevins on LGBT Workplace Fairness

Greg Nevins, the workplace fairness program strategist at Lambda Legal, is involved in three high-profile appeals court cases that consider whether LGBT employees can sue under federal civil rights law for alleged workplace discrimination.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Companies Should Take Away From the Harvey Weinstein Scandal

The hits keep coming and we are not talking about box office bonanzas at Weinstein Pictures these days.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Morning After: A Buyer's Post-Closing To-Do List for Employment and Benefits Issues

Michael Marra and Joshua Gelfand write: Although integration planning was underway prior to closing and a transition management team is already in place, crucial work remains. Where is a buyer to begin, and what post-closing employment and benefits issues should be prioritized?
9 minute read

International Edition

PwC to ramp up in Belfast and boost consulting arm as new legal head takes control

PwC's new head of legal on US expansion, the launch of its flexible lawyering business and future growth plans
5 minute read

International Edition

PwC to ramp up in Belfast and boost consulting arm as new legal head takes control

PwC's new head of legal on US expansion, the launch of its flexible lawyering business and future growth plans
5 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC's Whistleblower Chief Says Companies Heed Call Not to Silence Tipsters

Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC's whistleblower office, said the corporate world is getting the hint and not using severance agreements to stifle would-be tipsters. “The good news is that I have seen some improvement in this area,” Norberg said Thursday at a securities conference in Washington. The “message is out there” that severance agreements cannot include terms preventing employees from contacting regulators, she added.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Foreman Who Controlled Employee's Hours 'Supervisor' Under Title VII

In Moody v. Atlantic City Board of Education, No. 16-4373 (3d Cir. Sept. 6), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed summary judgment for an employer based on an elastic and expansive interpretation of just who constitutes a "supervisor" in a hostile work environment case.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

HR Chiefs, Tech Companies Ramp Up Opposition to Trump's Immigration Policies

More than 100 human resources chiefs and dozens of the world's largest businesses on Thursday ramped up support for undocumented workers, signaling their opposition to the Trump administration's move to scuttle an immigration program that allows hundreds of thousands workers to be employed.
5 minute read

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