Utah LGBT Anti-Discrimination Law Goes Into Effect
The folks at KUER ran a report yesterday on Utah’s ground breaking LGBT antidiscrimination law, which went into effect yesterday. Titled the Antidiscrimination and Religious Freedom Act, the law...
View ArticleSan Francisco Is About to Begin Enforcing the Retail Workers Bill of Rights –...
On July 3, 2015, the San Francisco Retail Workers Bill of Rights becomes operative. This ordinance creates major changes for many companies doing business in San Francisco. Employers Affected The law...
View ArticleColorado Supreme Court Upholds Firing of Medical Marijuana User
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-0 decision that Colorado’s “lawful activities statute,” which provides protections to employees who engage in lawful off-duty conduct, only applies to...
View ArticleOregon Legislature to Employers: Stay Out of Employees’ Personal Social Media...
As we noted a while ago, Oregon recently joined the growing number of states that prohibit an employer from demanding access to an employee’s personal social media account. An Oregon employer may not...
View ArticleOregon Tightens the Screws on Noncompetes: 18 Months Will Soon Be the Maximum...
As we blogged about earlier, courts in most states just plain don’t like employee noncompete agreements. Particularly when it comes to mid- and low-level employees, courts worry that enforcing a...
View ArticleOregon Enacts State-Wide Paid Employee Sick Leave Which (Mostly) Replaces...
Governor Kate Brown signed into law the new Oregon Paid Sick Leave (“OPSL”) law enacted by the Legislature on June 12. The new law becomes effective January 1, 2016. Oregon is the fourth state to enact...
View ArticleOregon’s New “Ban the Box” Law Prohibits Criminal History Questions on...
It’s been an active legislative session in Oregon this year regarding laws affecting the state’s employers. Hot on the heels of enacting laws relating to paid sick leave, noncompete agreements, and...
View ArticleThe Ninth Circuit Joins Its Sister Circuits in Ruling That an Employee Who...
The Ninth Circuit released a precedent-setting Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) decision yesterday, and it’s a big win for employers. The Court held that an employee who makes “serious and...
View ArticleCalifornia Court Limits Defenses Available to Employers Requesting Employee...
Background checks can provide California employers with vital information concerning their employees. In order to protect individual privacy rights, however, the California legislature has created two...
View ArticleAnti-Arbitration Bill Approved by California Legislature
On August 27, 2015, the California Assembly approved AB 465. The bill, which was approved by the California Senate on August 24, would prohibit California employers from requiring most individuals to...
View ArticleTacoma, Washington Paid Employee Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect in February...
Flu season is fast approaching, and this winter, Tacoma employers will join Seattle employers in being required to provide paid sick leave. On February 1, 2016, Tacoma’s new paid sick leave ordinance...
View ArticleSacramento Becomes the Latest City in California to Adopt a Local Minimum Wage
Joining over a dozen other California cities that have adopted or are considering adopting a local minimum wage, the Sacramento City Council has voted to approve an ordinance that will raise the City’s...
View ArticleSHRM Quotes Adam Belzberg and Wes Miliband on the Effects of Drought on...
Stoel Rives labor and employment attorney Adam Belzberg and water resources attorney Wes Miliband were quoted in a Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) article titled “California Drought Has...
View ArticleTime to Notify Your Employees of Oregon’s Paid Sick Leave Law
Oregon employers should all be aware that Oregon’s new Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law goes into effect on January 1, 2016. We originally reported on the the PSL law’s requirements in July of this year. Late...
View ArticleNew California Employment Laws for 2016
Now that the calendar has turned to 2016, this is a good time for employers in California to ensure that they are up to speed on the new laws that took effect on January 1. Here are some of the...
View Article“Employer-Friendly” Utah Legislature Considers Regulating Non-Compete Agreements
Many employers in Utah use non-competition agreements to protect their confidential information, customer relationships and investment in employee training and development. In a somewhat surprising...
View ArticleBill to Regulate Non-Compete Agreements Continues to Move through Utah...
UPDATE: after this post went to press, HB 251 was amended by substitution a second time and passed the House on a unanimous vote on February 24, 2016. As passed, the bill contained substantive changes...
View ArticleUtah Provides Additional Protections for Pregnant And Breastfeeding Women in...
The Utah Legislature has passed SB 59, which amends the Utah Antidiscrimination Act to provide additional protections for pregnant and breastfeeding women in the workplace. This law requires employers...
View ArticleUtah Passes Bill Regulating Non-Competes
After heated debate between legislators and among the business community, the Utah state legislature has passed HB 251, the Post-Employment Restrictions Act. As passed, the Act prohibits...
View ArticleCalifornia Employers Must Carefully Reconsider Whether Employees Can Be...
A recent California Supreme Court decision has the potential to affect all California employees who are required to stand while performing parts of their job. In response to numerous lawsuits brought...
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