In what will replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, employers located or with staff in the European Union (EU) will need to comply with a...
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In December, The Defense Department, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space administration has made it a...
MoreCourt Rejects Electronic I-9 Signature Argument
Although I-9 regulations permit employers to electronically generate, sign and store the Form I-9, these rules were drafted in broad terms and...
MoreMedical Marijuana a High Cost to Employers?
It has been estimated that the number of registered medical marijuana users would increase 10-fold to 450,000 people by 2024. But with this uptake...
MoreWest Virginia Enacts Medical Marijuana Law
In April, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation that legalizes the use of medical marijuana for those with serious medical...
MoreWest Virginia Enacts Law Permitting Broad Employment-Related Drug and Alcohol Testing
The Safer Workplace Act, will goes into effect July 7, 2017, will broaden the circumstances under which employers may conduct workplace drug and...
MoreUnreliable Anonymous Tip Could Not Form Basis of Reasonable Suspicion Drug Test by Public Employer
Ralph Greer established a Fourth Amendment violation by several individual supervisors after being discharged from his position with the Detroit...
MoreQuest Diagnostics Annual Survey Shows Drug Test Positivity Rates Continue to Climb
A recently published Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index has demonstrated that illicit drug use among United States employees is on the rise...
MoreMaine Delays Implementation of Certain Provisions of Recreational Marijuana Law
In November, Maine became one of four states in which voters approved a new recreational marijuana law. The law took effect on Jan. 30, but...
MoreApplicant Who Failed Pre-Employment Drug Test Could Not Show the Public Employer Violated Her Due Process Rights or Title VII
A lawsuit in which a job applicant challenged a public employer’s decision to withdraw an offer to employment after the individual tested positive...
MoreDiscrimination Charge Filed by the Fortune Society Against Macy’s in Background Check Dispute
Outten & Golden LLP filed an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) charge this month on behalf of The Fortune Society against...
MoreNY Highest Court Clarifies Who Can Be Liable for Discrimination Based on Criminal History
In Griffin v. Sirva, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was asked to determine whether Section 296(15) of the New York State...
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