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There are a lot of good folks out there who might help your company but who have noncompete agreements or other restrictions in agreements with their current or recent employers. To decide whether to…
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Many have lashed out at the Trump administration’s recent immigration raids in Mississippi that resulted in the arrest of nearly 700 workers at five chicken processing plants in Mississippi.
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In 2012, the EEOC issued guidance stating that blanket bans on hiring employees with criminal records disproportionately impact minorities and instructing employers to ensure that their hiring…
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In the last year, the Empire State has begun to give the Golden State some serious competition for being the most pro-employee state in the Union. Earlier this summer, for example, I wrote about New…
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When you are an employment lawyer who represents management, most of your clients are businesses that have human resources departments. From time to time, however, I am cornered by friends at ball…
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The last time a client of mine received a “No-Match” letter was in 2012, so I was somewhat surprised when multiple clients received letters from the Social Security Administration in only the last…
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While employment lawyers like myself — and the EEOC — have long cautioned employees against automatically asking job applicants about their criminal history, few companies would think twice (absent…
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It should be simple to just write a letter offering someone a job. Unfortunately, that is not the case. While offer letters may not be required by law, employers often wish to set out terms and…
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The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”) recently put its thumb on the scale in favor of plaintiffs with respect to the standard to be applied in antitrust litigation involving…
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The Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system has become unavailable while the U.S. Government debates building a wall on the U.S. – Mexico border.
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California employers saw many legal developments in state courts and the legislature this year.
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The passing of President George H.W. Bush has me thinking about how different of a world we live in compared to when President Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990 and, as he said, “opened the…
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