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Tag: employee rights

Employee’s Discrimination Case Involving Medical Marijuana Usage Provides Warning to Employers

“A recent case out of Arizona demonstrates that drug testing employees for marijuana use, and taking disciplinary action on the results, remains a complex issue in the many states which have legalized medical marijuana use. State statutes may (or may not) provide employee protections for off-duty use of medical marijuana or for status as a…

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DOL Replaces Guidance on Employee Classification

Agency Reverts to 2008 Guidance The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn its 2014 guidance regarding the meaning and scope of the term “employment relationship” under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and replaced it with its guidance from 2008. As a result of this move, the DOL no longer advises that “most…

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