Labor and Employment

Firing Medical Pot User Upheld In Colorado

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that using medical marijuana, which is permitted under state law but prohibited under federal […]

Risks and Benefits Of Outsourcing Employees

An article in Today’s General Counsel examines the significant benefits and potential problems and complications that come with what’s being […]

Rachel Dolezal Issue Raises Questions Of Employee Identification

Former head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP Rachel Dolezal has been identifying herself as a black woman […]

Uber Drivers Are Employees, CA Regulator Rules

In a ruling that could significantly impact Uber’s business, a California labor regulator has ruled that its drivers are employees, […]

Protecting the Company Against Malicious Insiders

Among recent breaches that have made headlines, several have involved malicious insiders. It’s an ongoing problem…

Female Congressional Staffers Banned From One-On-Ones

What if you weren’t allowed to spend any one-on-one time with your boss? That’s the situation some female Congressional staffers […]

Labor Back From The Dead In Free Trade Battle

Relatively powerful service and public employee labor unions – including the International Association of Firefighters – have concluded that the […]

Know Your State’s Unemployment Laws

Employers need to understand what unemployment benefits are available to former employees, what actions can disqualify a former employee from […]

EEOC Pursuing Discrimination Cases Aggressively

To some extent, the EEOC has been thwarted in its efforts to mount  so-called “systemic discrimination” cases. For example, in […]

Clinton Champions $15 Minimum Wage Activists

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told a conference of fast food workers pushing for a $15 per hour minimum wage, […]

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