by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 22, 2005
Gary Ross had a doctor’s prescription to marijuana for his chronic back pain, pursuant to the Marijuana Compassionate Use Act of 1996. In 2001, Ragingwire Telecommunications offered Ross a job as a lead systems administrator as long as he passed a drug test....
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 20, 2005
Employers commonly include waivers of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims in their employees’ general release and severance agreements. The agreements usually do not refer to the FMLA by name, but instead include catch-all provisions releasing claims...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 16, 2005
Nannies, housecleaners, and caretakers all work in a largely unregulated industry – no contracts, timecards or other detailed records. On its face, the industry seems mutual for both employees and employers. The employees are generally flexible and willing to...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 12, 2005
A Harrah bartender named Darlene Jesperson was fired from her job in 2000 for refusing to comply with the company’s “Beverage Department Image Transformation” program which required all female beverage servers to (1) wear stockings and nail polish, (2) wear...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 6, 2005
From Law.com:You don’t have to be a groper, lecher or explicit misogynist to get sued for sex-based harassment, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.The opinion, in a case originating at an Alaska teachers union, said that...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 1, 2005
The following is a report from:Professor Michelle GhettiSouthern University Law CenterBaton Rouge, LA 708135,000 – 6,000 lawyers (1/3 of the lawyers in Louisiana) have lost their offices, their libraries, their computers with all information thereon, their...
