Compliance and Legal

During the past several years, we have represented employees of several clothing retailers, including sales associates working for Polo Ralph Lauren, Gap and Banana Republic, and Chico’s in California-wide class action cases. All of these cases were prosecuted under California labor law.

Many companies that use contingent workers maintain policies that limit the duration of those workers' services. Under these policies, when a contingent worker reaches a prescribed time limit, that person's services must be terminated automatically, regardless of the person's job performance, and a replacement worker must be found or assigned by a contingent labor supplier.

In In the matter of American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc., (commonly referred to as the “Facebook firing” case), it was made clear that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) will seek to invalidate any employer social media policy that it deems unlawfully restricts employee rights under Section 7 of the NLRA. 

LEGAL UPDATE

Here are some more legal questions which I am frequently asked by recruiting and staffing professionals. The answers are by necessity brief and simplified, and should by no means be taken as a substitute for thorough legal advice. Maybe, however, they will give you an idea as to when you need to go further in consulting an attorney.

LEGAL UPDATE

I thought I would take the time to try and list those legal questions which I am most frequently asked by recruiting and staffing professionals. The answers are by necessity brief and simplified, and should by no means be taken as a substitute for thorough legal advice. Maybe, however, they will give you an idea as to when you need to go further in consulting an attorney.

For business of all size, pre-employment background checks has become mission critical to ensure an organization does not go through the legal and financial nightmare of hiring someone that is dangerous, unfit, unqualified or dishonest. However, there are a number of myths and misconceptions about background checks.  Here are eight simple things that Human Resources professionals and employers need to know about background checks.