In case you’ve missed it, things are happening at the Minnesota Legislature. Despite fears of Minnesotans consuming the world’s largest joints, recreational marijuana will soon be legal for consumption and growth (and most importantly, tax revenue). Additional changes are on …
As programmers and computer scientists continue to ignore decades of science fiction movies telling us it’s a bad idea that will ultimately lead to robots taking over the world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more popular in virtually all walks …
A good separation agreement brings closure to an employment situation. In exchange for some form of compensation, an employee agrees to waive all claims against its employer and agrees not to say anything bad about them. However, according to a …
While we all hope that COVID-19 is finally a thing of the past and we are better prepared to respond to major health crises in the future, the lawsuits over government and employer actions taken in response to the pandemic …
It isn’t often we talk risk management and insurance, but when they involve serious employee misconduct we’re always interested! When employees break employer rules (or the law), it’s important for employers to know how to respond in every capacity, whether …
It’s been a while since we’ve discussed a recent arbitration. Anything having to do with contract analysis is helpful for those of us working with collective bargaining agreements, and the latest decision out of the BMS addressed that, including touching …
With the rise in union organizing activity across the country, there is always a fight to create new bargaining units. In Minnesota public labor, unions are frequently attempting to “expand their territory” of both members and job classifications. In Anoka …
In recent years, the threshold for a harassment claim has been debate in the employment law arena, and it has even been discussed on the state legislative level. Currently, the minimum threshold is the conduct must be “sufficiently severe or …
For years, the public employer community has become increasingly concerned with the number of employees, especially those working in public safety, being diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Along with the concern for the well-being of their employees, the disease …
Teachers are performing work that is necessary and crucial to developing the children of today into the adults of the future. As such, there are several different laws in the state of Minnesota specifically applying to teachers and their employment …
