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The Five Questions You Must Ask Before Any Employment Decision

Employment law lawyers are asked to review a lot of employment decisions. If we’re lucky, we’re brought in early in the process when the decision isn’t yet final and where our input can be useful. Other times though, we’re asked to opine on decisions after the fact. And truth is, it’s really pretty easy to Monday morning quarterback employment decisions.  Because there is sometimes something that wasn’t thought of before the decision was made. Often, it may not be important. The employer would have still made the same decision if something else was looked it. Had you known that there was a law protecting free speech in the workplace, would you still have disciplined the employee for putting up a post on Facebook about his working conditions? Many employers can’t afford an in-house attorney to bounce their decisions off. So, for those companies, here are five questions to get you thinking BEFORE you make an employment decision. ( Usual ...