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List Targets Venture Capitalists Who Hit On Women

Silicon Valley start-up incubator Y Combinator has emailed a reporting form to entrepreneurs encouraging them to report sexual harassment by […]

Lawyer’s Presence Made Firing Deliberations Privileged

The presence of an in-house lawyer on a company’s “Termination Review Committee” was enough to render the committee’s deliberations privileged, […]

Uber’s CEO To Take Leave of Absence

Travis Kalanick, the tempestuous chief executive of Uber, will take a leave of absence from the ride-sharing giant just as […]

Legalized Weed Is Still Dangerous

Pressure at the state/federal marijuana law fault line continues to build. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, as a Schedule […]

CA Ban On Non-Competes Has Exceptions

California is widely cited as the prime example of a jurisdiction where, for better or for worse, non-compete agreements are […]

12-Year High For Employee Drug Tests

A study found an uptick in the percentage of positive urine drug tests among workers in 2016, when it hit […]

Fingerprint “Time Clock” Garners Class Action

An employment case filed in the Northern District of Illinois has opened a “new employment frontier,” says a post from […]

Another Big Company Bans Telecommuting

IBM joins a handful of companies that have backtracked on the movement to allow employees to work from home. While […]

Strategies For Paid Sick Leave Compliance

The number of state, county and local paid sick leave laws has risen sharply in the past several years, from […]

Non-Competes Said To Cripple Prospects For Workers

Non-compete agreements are becoming more widespread and being imposed on a wider range of occupational categories, from sales and technical […]

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