Normally, we just focus on employment-related matters but we could not pass up this chance for a good laugh at the expense of the legal system. In what sounds like a punch line for a ...
We rarely see reported cases interpreting Minnesota’s workplace drug testing law so when such a decision is handed down, it is usually worth a look. That certainly proved true when the Minnesota Court of Appeals ...
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an employer legally fired an employee whose off-duty use of medical marijuana under state law resulted in a positive drug test and violation of their zero-tolerance policy. In ...
Like almost half the states and the District of Columbia, Minnesota has now legalized marijuana to treat certain medical conditions. With distribution set to begin this July, many Minnesota employers are wondering how this will ...
On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, Minnesotans head back to the polls. As we’ve reminded employers in the past, Minnesota’s Election Day Law, Minn. Stat. § 204C.04, gives employees the right to time off to vote. ...
President Obama observed National Equal Pay Day by signing an Executive Order that prohibits federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other, and by releasing a Presidential Memorandum directing the ...
Minnesota’s infamous “restroom break” statute is rearing its ugly head again. Last month, a federal district judge in Minnesota refused to dismiss the claims of a former assembly line worker who urinated in a box ...
After overhauling the implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) revised the Self-Identification Form that federal contractors must use to solicit disability status ...
