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Jun

18

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
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Maine Protects Employee's Right to Off-Duty Recreational Marijuana Use.

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Starting this month, employers in Maine cannot refuse to employ or otherwise penalize anyone 21 or older due to their “consuming marijuana outside the … employer’s … property.” 

Maine Voters approved recreational marijuana use on November 8, 2016, including retail sales and taxation.  The law they passed contained an  anti-discrimination provision, creating an entirely new protected class of pot users.  

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Jun

14

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Paid Sick Leave Continues to Spread: In a last minute push, the Maryland legislature overrode

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Paid Sick Leave Continues to Spread: In a last minute push, the Maryland legislature overrode the Governor's veto last year of the Healthy Working Families Act, requiring Maryland businesses to provide covered employees with sick leave, starting February 11, 2018.

Maryland employers with 15 or more employees must provide paid sick leave and smaller employees must provide unpaid leave.  Employee counts use the average monthly employee count from the prior year, including full-time, part-time, temporary, and seasonal workers.

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Jun

10

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Holiday Gift to Employers: Yesterday the NLRB overruled use of the standard

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Holiday Gift to Employers: Yesterday the NLRB overruled use of the standard that found many employee handbook provisions and policies unlawful due to "interference" with employee rights.

The NLRB's has been ruling that employers (union & non-union ) violated the NLRA by having handbook policies that could be “reasonably construed” by an employee to prohibit or "chill" their exercise of NLRA-protected rights.  

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Jun

06

2018
  • Posted by: Kalani Morse
  • News

Are you more likely to be sued for harassment?

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Are you more likely to be sued for harassment ?  New report on the top industries for harassment lawsuits confirms what employment lawyers know from experience:

  1. Restaurant and Accommodations: 
  2. Retail
  3. Manufacturing
  4. Health Care and Social Assistance
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