Negligent Hiring/Negligent Retention
Monday, 07 August 2017
Negligent Hiring/Negligent Retention For more than 100 years, various courts have recognized negligent hiring or negligent retention as an independent basis for a court action. Negligent hiring occurs when an employer knew or should have known of an employee’s unfitness even before the employee was hired. In these cases, the employer’s liability is based primarily
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I-9 Audits and Accompanying Fines
Friday, 13 February 2015
We already know how prevalent I-9 audits by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are. Typically, ICE issues a subpoena for I-9s, reviews the records, issues a “Notice of Intent to Fine” (NIF), instructs the employer to make any necessary changes to its I-9 practices, and assesses significant civil money penalties. The minimum fine for
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Unpaid “Internships” Might Be Illegal
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Unpaid “Internships” Might be Illegal A common labor law violation is the use of unpaid “interns”. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states very clearly that that employers cannot pay an employee below minimum wage NOR can employees “waive” their rights under the FLSA. Employers cannot get around this by calling the work “volunteer” work
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