Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Employment Laws Articles

Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees?Under Some Laws They Will Be Treated As Such

Employee versus independent contractor status is not only an issue with respect to classification for IRS purposes, but with respect to classification under other laws as well. Many employers improperly classify people who are really employees as ...
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Are Your Security Personnel Putting You at Risk? Safe Ways of Using Your Security Department

You have probably read frightening headlines stating some variation of the following, "On-Job Incidents in '97 Took 32 Lives in State," or "A Day of Horror; Rise in Workplace Violence Poses a Threat for Employers Nationwide," which goes on to state ...
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Arizona Supreme Court Refuses to Enforce Arbitration Agreement Based on the Arizona Uniform Arbitration Act

In a surprise ruling, the Arizona Supreme Court has declined to enforce arbitration agreements made between an employer and its employees. The initial reading of the Court's ruling in North Valley Emergency Specialists v. Superior Court appears to ...
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Atlanta Employment Law Seminar: L. Traywick Duffie and Bob Quackenboss of Hunton & Williams

Strategies for Defending Against and Settling Wage/Hour Law Class Actions Under the FLSA L. Traywick Duffie, Partner and Co-Head of the Labor & Employment Law Practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, began his presentation by noting that collective ...
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Atlanta Employment Law Seminar. Seminar Summaries of Speakers Linda Sherman and Jonathan Rosenfeld of Hale and Dorr LLP.

Executive Compensation Issues Linda Sherman, Senior Partner at Hale and Dorr LLP, introduced her discussion on executive compensation issues by observing that "there have been a variety of events in the last year of which executives should take ...
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Automatic 401(k) Enrollment Allowed

In a recent Revenue Ruling (Rev. Rul. 98-30), the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") held that an employer will not violate IRS regulations by establishing a "negative election" or automatic election enrollment feature for a 401(k) plan. The Revenue ...
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Avoiding and Surviving Strikes in the Twenty-First Century

Companies that negotiated collective bargaining agreements in the 1980's and 1990's have been largely successful in avoiding strikes. The past twenty-five years have featured a marked reduction in the number and severity of strikes compared with ...
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Avoiding or Winning Employee Benefit Plan Lawsuits

Class action attorneys have discovered employee benefit plans. Company officials, known as fiduciaries, with responsibility for a plan (including 401(k) and other retirement plans, and self-insured welfare plans) are fair game for plaintiff's ...
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Ban The Label “Freelancer”: Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Improperly Classifying Your Workforce

Companies today often designate a portion of their workforce as "freelancers", as part of their efforts to create a flexible workforce and reduce costs. In fact, however, the word "freelancer" has no legal meaning, and even its "ordinary" meaning is ...
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Benefits and Compensation Update

Effective April 19, 1999, the Internal Revenue Service extended the "remedial amendment period" for new plans and plan amendments to comply with the changes required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994 (GATT), the Uniformed Services ...
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