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The guys discuss the recent developments in employment law for 2015 and what employers should consider when hiring new employees. Full Podcast Transcript NASIR: All right. Welcome to our podcast where we cover business legal news. My name is Nasir Pasha. MATT: And I’m Matt Staub. NASIR: And, today, we are talking about hiring employees in 2015. It seems like everyone is talking about hiring employees either for the first time or they’re expanding and I think that’s good – that’s a good sign for the economy, obviously, and maybe it’s also the new year. MATT: Yeah, and, I mean, I’m thinking it has to do with a couple of things. One, the beginning of the year. NASIR: Yeah. MATT: I would say anyone, any business owner in the last quarter of the year who was thinking of hiring people – unless it’s a seasonal thing – probably was thinking, “I’m just going to put it off until the beginning of the year and not mess with it.” NASIR: Oh, yeah. MATT: And then, two, just the economy in general has gotten bett