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Employee or independent contractor: one way of thinking it through

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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November 1 2011

Deciding whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor is becoming an ever more important question

Not as bad as we feared: NLRB issues guidance on social media

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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September 1 2011

Earlier this year there was deep concern in the employer community because the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against an employer who disciplined an employee for highly derogatory comments she made about a supervisor on her Facebook page

How much is too much?

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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September 1 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently issued a decision that has significant ramifications for employers making use of the tip-credit provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA

Problem employees? Here's a solution

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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August 1 2011

Issuing employee discipline is one of the hardest aspects of being a supervisor and, since it's so difficult, it's often not done well when it is done at all

Ninth Circuit reverses course on Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 16 2011

More often than not when a management law firm informs its clients of recent case developments, the news is not good

If you build it . . .

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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December 1 2010

It comes as no surprise that employers in the last several years have been forced to focus on survival in an extremely difficult environment

Part 2: are your employees really important business partners?

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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September 2 2010

In our last article we took a hard look at the easy-to-say concept that companies "value their employees" or that employees "are our most important asset."