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Hiring Practices
392 published works
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Would You Hire This Person To Be President? A Look at the “Resumes” of Each Candidate
Making good hiring decisions is one of the best ways an employer can avoid problems in the future. In various posts, I've discussed ways of accomplishing this, through the use…
Law People
The Brave New World of Testing for Hiring
By Ronda Muir
Norton Rose, a 200 year old UK firm with over 1000 lawyers in 20 offices around the world, is considering scrapping its academic requirements for new hires in order to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
7th Circuit decides ADEA is violated when bona fide hiring plan is not bona fide
In Davis v. Indiana State Police, Wayne Davis, an Indiana State Trooper, resigned when he was 42 years old. Two months later he decided he wanted his job back. The…
The Right Coast
U Mass-Amherst Wants to Know Your Politics Gail Heriot
In "Want to Teach Here? Then Tell Us Your Politics," Daphne Patai reports that the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at U Mass-Amherst has issued a lovely set of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Oregon Senator’s Business and Undocumented Workers
According to Rachel Wright of Web Editorial, Beth Slovic of Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.) investigated the hiring practices of Smith Frozen Foods. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., "the only Republican senator…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Poor Supervision Even Exists at the Department of Justice
A few weeks ago, a report came out blasting the hiring procedures that existed at the Department of Justice in prior years. Because this is not a political blog, I…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The Name Game: Do Names Matter In Making Employment Decisions?
The concept of names is getting a great deal of press in Connecticut -- no doubt over the story of some Yale Law students who are naming names of individuals…
ImmigrationProf Blog
An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General
A report on "An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General" by the U.S. Department of Justice is…
Labor Law Prof Blog
First Lawsuit Related to DOJ Honors Program Politicization
Jeff blogged last week about the report by the DOJ's Inspector General, which found that the DOJ had illegally used political or ideological factors in hiring new attorneys into its…
The Right Coast
The Politicization of DOJ: A Complicated Issue Gail Heriot
I wish all issues were as easy as the one Tom wrote about last week. "High School teachers should not have sexual relations with their students." There's a rule I…