How "To Hire and Fire" Without Getting Sued is the Topic of the October 27 Snelling Internet Chat Room.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 9, 1998-- Snelling Personnel Services Offers Internet Chat Room Moderated by Attorney Specializing in Labor and Equal Employment Law The latest information in hiring and termination procedures that human resource professionals and their companies can use to prevent legal problems is the topic of the next monthly Snelling Internet chat room, on Tuesday, October 27, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The discussion will be moderated by Frank C. Morris, senior partner and the head of the Washington, DC labor and employment section of New York-based Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. Morris is actively involved in counseling and defending employers in negligent hiring Negligent hiring is a cause of action in tort law that arises where one party is held liable for negligence because they placed another party in a position of authority or responsibility, and an injury resulted because of this placement. , wrongful discharge An at-will employee's Cause of Action against his former employer, alleging that his discharge was in violation of state or federal antidiscrimination statutes, public policy, an implied contract, or an implied Covenant of Good Faith and fair dealing. and other employment matters. This is the latest in a series of monthly chat room discussions created by Snelling Personnel Services. To access the discussion or to view an archive of past chat sessions, as well as topics for future chat sessions, log on to: www.snelling.com/issues&answers. "The upcoming Snelling chat room is an innovative approach to providing HR professionals and managers across the country with access to a leading expert to discuss how to handle hiring and termination procedures to avoid potential legal problems," said Tim Loncharich, president of Snelling Personnel Services. "The Snelling chat room is an effective forum for HR executives to discuss issues of growing significance for their companies," said Loncharich. Morris represents employers in labor, EEO EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EEO Equal Employment Office EEO Eastern European Outreach (Murrieta, CA) EEO Extremely Elliptical Orbit EEO Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. and general litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. matters. He also served as counsel for an employer's group, the Equal Employment Advisory Council, in various Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases involving issues under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 (Dec. 15, 1967), codified as Chapter 14 of Title 29 of the United States Code, through (ADEA), prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older in the United States (see ). , and National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted . Morris is an adjunct professor of law at the George Washington University Law School The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law . He is also a faculty member of Cornell University of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State School of Industrial and Labor Relations EEO Studies Program. Morris wrote, Current Trends in the Use (and Misuse) of Statistics in Employment Discrimination Litigation, (Equal Employment Advisory Council, 1978), as well as articles on equal employment, disability and labor topics for various journals. Each month, Snelling's "HR Issues & Answers" chat room features experts discussing a wide range of topics and offering advice on human resource management issues. Snelling Personnel Services, based in Dallas, specializes in providing temporary, temp-to-hire and career placement opportunities to companies in all industries. There are more than 300 Snelling locations across the country. Snelling's Web site can be accessed at www.snelling.com. |
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