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Shops Up Recruiting Game Amid Tight Tech Hiring Market

Financial Times—ignites.com—Beagan Wilcox Volz

Fierce competition among companies of all kinds for talented technology professionals has led many firms to offer such recruits richer perks and benefits than those in other departments, according to a new survey.

About three quarters of technology leaders across industries said their companies offer IT staff “more than the norm” with sign-on bonuses and remote work opportunities, the Robert Half survey found.

Among respondents at financial services firms, slightly more — 78% — said they sweeten the pot for tech recruits. The 2,800 survey participants each had hiring authority for the...

Employment Law Firm Outten & Golden Announces Promotion of Two Lawyers in New York City Office

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

Outten & Golden employment attorneys: Michael J. Scimone elected to partnership and Michael N. Litrownik promoted to Counsel effective January 1, 2020

Law360 Again Names Outten & Golden LLP an "Employment Practice Group of the Year" for 2019

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

When Law360 included Outten & Golden LLP on its annual "Employment Practice Group of the Year" category in January 2019, it was a fitting tribute to the firm as it celebrated its 20th anniversary. Its unprecedented fourth consecutive appearance on this year's list is a fitting start to Outten & Golden's next decade.

Outten & Golden LLP and Raisner Roupinian LLP Announce Firm Dedicated to WARN Act Practice

PRNewswire — Outten & Golden LLP — Raisner Roupinian LLP

Outten & Golden LLP and Raisner Roupinian LLP announced that Jack A. Raisner and René S. Roupinian have launched a new firm, Raisner Roupinian LLP, dedicated to representing employees who lose their jobs without proper notice in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

New Joint Employer Rule Hinges on Reception in Court (1)

Bloomberg Law—Daily Labor Report—

A new Trump administration regulation making it harder for workers to sue multiple employers for wage violations is already generating significant questions about how much sway it will have on federal courts.

The Labor Department said the rule will decrease the risk of court battles for some businesses, like franchisers and those who use contracted labor. The regulation narrows the circumstances in which two or more companies can be “joint employers” who share legal liability for paying employees minimum wages and overtime.

Texas Roadhouse Accused Of Stiffing Managers On OT

Law360—Matthew Santoni

The Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain misclassified its assistant managers as exempt from overtime under Pennsylvania and federal law, despite sharing many duties with nonexempt hourly employees, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in a Pennsylvania federal court.

Former Texas Roadhouse employee Brittanee Tupitza says in her complaint that service managers, kitchen managers and other assistant managers at the chain's 464 company-owned restaurants were classified as exempt from receiving overtime pay, but their actual daily work was the same as nonexempt workers who could earn...

Outten & Golden LLP and Its Attorneys Among Best Lawyers and Best Law Firms for 2020

Outten & Golden LLP—PRNewswire

Lawyers and practice groups from the nation's largest employee-side employment law firm selected to elite lists and rankings

Outten & Golden LLP Welcomes Seven Attorneys to Its New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC Offices

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

Outten & Golden LLP is pleased to announce the addition of seven associates to the law firm's growing practice that includes representation of employees, executives, and partners in litigation and transactional matters. Five of the lawyers will join the firm’s New York office, and the sixth joins the Washington, D.C., office, and the seventh joins the San Francisco office.

Facebook Hit with Massive National Civil Rights Class Action by Women and Older People Denied Financial Services Opportunities on Facebook for Years

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

Facebook users demand that the company immediately take action to stop financial services ads from being targeted away from women and older persons on Facebook. Outten & Golden LLP San Francisco

Twenty-Eight Outten & Golden Attorneys Named to the 2019 Lists of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

Outten & Golden LLP, a premier law firm focusing exclusively on representing employees, is pleased to announce that 28 attorneys across the firm's four offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have been recognized in the 2019 editions of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers rating service honors lawyers representing more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The multi-phased selection process includes independent third-party research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations....

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