The Department of Justice recently announced convictions in a major undercover operation involving seven construction-related companies in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. After a years-long investigation into the construction industry in the region, 12 defendants have been sentenced for immigration and employment-related crimes. The announcement underscores the significant criminal repercussions […]
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VIRGILHR ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF ITS PLATFORM TO TRANSFORM EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW COMPLIANCE POWERED BY AI TECHNOLOGY
VirgilHR is an HR technology start-up simplifying HR compliance globally by automating the research of regulatory requirements GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — VirgilHR today announces the launch of its new platform to transform employment and labor law compliance for HR teams globally. VirgilHR hosts a proprietary database of […]
Union efforts shake up employment law landscape
During the first six months of fiscal year 2022, union representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57%—up to 1,174 from 748 during the first half of 2021. (Photo: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock.com) Amid high-profile unionization efforts across the country, labor and employment attorneys report seeing an influx of work […]
ANALYSIS: Lawyer and Legal Employment Hit Pandemic Highs in Q1
Lawyers and legal workers in the first quarter reached their highest employment levels since the pandemic began, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inching closer to a full recovery. And while there were some negative points in the quarterly employment data, legal employment in the first quarter continued the […]
New York Enacts New Employment Laws and Others May Be on the Horizon
March 28, 2022 Click for PDF On March 16, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed two new bills into law that expand non-discrimination protections in the workplace. As a result, New York now prohibits employers from releasing employee personnel files in retaliation for such employee’s engagement in protected […]
ABCs of employment law: Discrimination | Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
NOTE FROM ROBIN: For months, I’ve been thinking about doing a series of posts with very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. I think the series would be helpful to people who are new in Human Resources (or lawyers or paralegals who are new to the […]
Background checks may be a casualty of pandemic-induced staffing shortage; labor and employment attorney looks at why they still matter
Plus, how reference checks are different from background checks Media Contact: Barbara Fornasiero, EAFocus Communications, 248.260.8466; [email protected] Detroit-–March 24, 2022-–-Have background checks taken a back seat – or been shelved altogether – in the midst of pandemic-spawned staffing crisis? Recent news that the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency failed to […]
In-house legal departments expecting labor and employment disputes to drive surge in class actions
Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewery, which has about 70 employees and is moving ahead with plans to open a satellite brewery in Sarasota, Florida, credits its culture of tolerance and communication with allowing the company to avoid employee class actions. (Photo by Alexander Rogers, Sun King Brewery) Maybe it ties into […]
Massachusetts Developments and Legal Trends in Employment Law
In an effort to keep our readers abreast of recent developments and legal trends, we summarize below what is new in the law (both in legislation and in the cases) and provide a “heads up” regarding what to expect in the coming months. We hope you find this helpful. What’s […]
GA Attorney Employment Consultation for CDC Professionals – Labor and Employment Legal Blogs Posted by Mr. Beverly B. Bates
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