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Canada: How Much Must Employers Accommodate Use of Medical Marijuana?
Canadian employers must accommodate the use of medical marijuana to the same extent as always: to the point of undue hardship
Don’t Require Employees to Keep Written Warnings Confidential
Trying to discourage workplace gossip by prohibiting employees from discussing their written disciplinary warnings usually isn’t a good idea on the part of employers, employment attorneys say
Mobility Professionals Take on HR-Like Qualities
Employee relocation—long viewed mostly as a logistical endeavor of shifting people and their belongings from one place to another—has been taking on a larger, more strategic role for many organizations
Are Supervisors Who Earn Less than Subordinates Eligible for Overtime Pay?
What would happen if a supervisor made less money than his or her employees? Would the supervisor be eligible for overtime pay?
Is Mere Existence of Anti-Harassment Policy Enough to Win Disputes?
Judges may be prone to dismiss harassment claims against companies that have anti-harassment policies, recent research indicates, but companies shouldn’t rely on that to get them off the hook if…
FMLA Failure-to-Promote Claim Is Viable
A Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) discriminatory interference claim can be based on a failure to promote, but an exercise-of-rights interference claim can’t be based on a corrected error…
Timing of Demotion Decision Sinks FMLA Claim
A former county recreation commission employee could not proceed with his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim against the commission because it had decided to demote him, and he…
Does This Law Apply to My Organization in Kentucky?
Kentucky: does this law apply?
Labor and Employment Law Overview: New Mexico
New Mexico labor and employment law overview provided by XpertHR