As an employment lawyer nearly 20 years under my belt, I’m fairly jaded. Or maybe, I’m just numb.
Either way, I have plenty of stories for a cocktail hour. Continue reading
I see your lawsuit and raise you a contempt motion!
(It sounded baller in my head. But, seeing it in print, not so much.)
Although that .gif…
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What if.
I’m just saying, what if you could have an employee sign some sort of a contract, maybe an employee agreement, in which the employee agreed to shorten the statute of limitations on all employment claims to six months.
Given that employees often have years in which to assert claims, the ol’ statute-of-limitations shortener could be a gold mine!
Last month, the Massachusetts Supreme Court held (here) that a local employer may have a duty to accommodate an employee’s use of medicinal marijuana. You can read more about that decision at Jon Hyman’s Ohio Employer’s Law Blog.
Wait, what? If marijuana is still considered an illegal drug under federal law — it is — what duty could an employer possibly have to accommodate an employee’s use of marijuana, even for medical purposes?
Maybe, it’s not so clear. Continue reading
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