By Shannon Stevenson Gone are the days when an employer could send its U.S. citizen employees to the Canadian border with a passport and a simple … Read more
Court Upholds Arizona’s E-Verify Law, Penalties for Using Unauthorized Workers
By Jessica Cook and Kim Thompson This week (May 26, 2011) the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s 2007 immigration law that requires all employers to … Read more
Age Bias at Work: As This Case Shows, There’s a High Standard to Meet
By Eric B. Meyer A 51-year-old auto-parts specialist with lupus, fibromyalgia, diabetes and arthritis, claimed that his 29-year-old co-worker called him an … Read more
Another Social Media Discovery Ruling Employers Need to Know About
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, I reported that a Pennsylvania state court had ruled that a plaintiff did not have to provide access to her Facebook page … Read more
Traveling to Mexico on Sick Leave? It Can Get an Employee Fired
By Eric B. Meyer Can a company create and enforce a policy that requires employees on paid sick leave to remain close to their homes, unless they obtain … Read more
Facebook at Work: Justification for Firing Doesn’t Pass Straight Face Test
By John A. Gallagher Yesterday, TLNT published an article (Court: Facebook at Work Does Not Violate Computer Fraud Act) discussing whether use of the … Read more
Court: Using Facebook at Work Does Not Violate Computer Fraud Act
By Michael R. Greco The debate rages on concerning the scope and extent of the federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act. In simple terms, the CFAA makes it … Read more
The New DOL Phone App and the Problem With Employee-Kept Records
By Lawrence S. McGoldrick We previously reported on DOL’s publication of a “Work Hours Calendar,” a time sheet for employees to use to … Read more
9th Circuit Rules For Employers in Protecting Trade Secrets
By John D. McLachlan More often than not when a management law firm informs its clients of recent case developments, the news is not good. This is an … Read more
Survey Says More Companies Doing Background Checks on Job Candidates
Even as states and the EEOC are getting tougher — and talking tougher — on the use of credit checks, more employers are using them, says a just … Read more