Client Portals
Trend Micro has revealed through a recent survey that C-suite executives are not as serious about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as they should be. The GDPR will take effect in May 2018 and the study has found that about 67 percent of businesses are…
A judge in Colorado has ruled that listing offenders’ personal information, such as names and addresses, gives the public the power to punish beyond what the court has deemed appropriate. He also ruled that the Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act violates the 14th…
According to a 2016 Gallup poll, more than 60 percent of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, the highest approval rating in its 47-year history. In 2010, two out of every five of the $249 billion spent on alcohol in the United States were paid by federal,…
Employer DLS Precision Fab was appealing a $305,050 penalty for more than 500 immigration law violations when they attempted to argue that it had made a good-faith effort to comply with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by hiring a well-credentialed HR…
Even if an employee tests positive on an employment-related drug test, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has ruled that federal law does not preempt the state’s medical marijuana statue’s prohibition on employers firing or refusing to hire…
The opioid epidemic that is destroying individuals and families across the country also is threatening to shut down manufacturing plants and whole industries. Particularly affecting men ages 25 to 54, opioid use has become a key factor regarding why “prime age”…
As part of a new decision in Massachusetts, a qualifying patient who has been terminated from employment for testing positive for marijuana as a result of her lawful medical marijuana use may state a claim of disability discrimination. A similar decision was made in…
With American businesses losing $81 billion dollars per year due to drug use, many businesses are searching for ways to combat addiction within their company. Opioids like Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin are responsible for an increasing number of workplace accidents…
When a candidate learned about a company’s drug-testing policy, which includes hair testing for new hires and random screenings thereafter, he shaved his head and insisted he could not provide a hair sample for testing purposes. The company has several ways it could…
A recent federal district court case has determined that Connecticut employees who have been certified by the Department of Consumer Protection to use medical marijuana outside of work hours and are not impaired while at work are protected by state law. The state’s…