We at the Wiley Law Office have taken a special interest in state medical marijuana laws ever since Minnesota adopted its law back in 2014. While those taking medical marijuana are not protected under the ADA or ADAAA, there are …
The results of a month-long shortened workweek experiment at the Microsoft Japan offices were recently released. For the summer, all employees’ schedules were reduced to four days per week, but employees were not required to work longer hours during their …
After the longest Auto Worker strike in almost 50 years, GM employees across the country have returned to work following the ratification of a successor contract. 48,000 workers left work at more than 30 GM factories, and the impact of …
While we were catching up with local and employment labor issues this month, two important cases made their way to oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the plaintiff is asking the …
If you work with unions long enough, you will eventually be faced with a proposal from your employees’ collective bargaining representatives to have some say in the hiring and promotion process for employees. Hopefully, when you receive this offer of …
Last year we discussed a controversial ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Firefighters Union Local 4725 vs. City of Brainerd. In that decision, the Court of Appeals ruled that the City did not have the authority to reorganize …
Carl and Angel Larsen own and operate Telescope Media Group, which specializes in the creation and production of videos for hire, including for weddings. According to the Larsens, they use their “unique skills to identify and tell compelling stories through …
For employers working with unionized employees, the Weingarten principles have become as much a part of labor relations as contract negotiations, and probably play a larger role in everyday employee management. The principle is simple: employees are entitled to representation …
Baywood Home Care specializes in providing home health aides to provide companionship services for elderly or otherwise in need of assistance in their homes. Its payment system for those employee had been what is called a “split-day plan,” where the …
At the Wiley Law Office, we’ve blogged about arbitration awards that found employees had not suffered any form of discipline when being placed on administrative investigatory leave. However, when an employer places an employee on administrative leave following an employee’s …
