Hiring and Firing 101: What You Can and Cannot Say
Wednesday, June 2 at 12 PM ET
Presented by: Paul Lopez, trial lawyer
This webinar was $29.95, but free for NFIB members and all of their staff
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Paul Lopez, director with Tripp Scott’s labor and employment practice will discuss new legal developments affecting the hiring and termination of employment process, and practical guidance for handling the most troublesome and recurring issues.
Key topics will include:
- Latest developments regarding independent contractor versus employee issues
- Conducting effective and legally compliant background checks, and maintaining applicant flow data
- Avoiding discrimination claims in the hiring and firing process, including legally permissible and impermissible inquiries
- The importance of preserving “at-will” employment relationships
- Wage and hour compliance requirements, including exempt classifications, time recording, meal and rest break compliance suggestions
- Protecting and preserving company intellectual property and trade secrets ADEA/OWBPA release of claims compliance issues
- Practical compliance and litigation avoidance suggestions
About the presenter:
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubble, Lopez is a trial lawyer with extensive jury and non-jury trial experience who has handled over a hundred trials and evidentiary hearings. Lopez has been recognized since 2006 as a Florida Super Lawyer in the category of labor and employment law and business litigation, which is based on a peer-nominated selection of the top-five percent of lawyers in Florida. As part of his employment practice, he has represented clients in Federal Court throughout the State, before the EEOC and the Department of Labor regarding workplace-employment practices and compliance issues. His clients range from mid-sized regional firms to Fortune-100 companies.
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