Legal Matters: 9 Employment Law Landmines

6. If your company is subject to a collective bargaining agreement, be sure to comply with it. Sometimes company practices have to be bargained with a union official before being implemented.

7. In the hiring process, be sure to carefully screen potential employees, as employers may be liable for an employee's misconduct or actions that arise during their employment if the employer knew or should have known that the employee posed a threat of harm to others. However, avoid screening processes that make inquiries based on or that relate to (even indirectly) an applicant's race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information as a basis for making any hiring decisions. Keep in mind too that individual states may have stricter requirements.