On May 14, 2008, Georgia’s governor signed the newest state gun law that may–may–make it more difficult for employers to ban guns in the workplace.  At one point during the law’s circuitous route through the Georgia General Assembly, it would have prevented employers from banning guns from employee vehicles in employer parking lots.  Although business groups sponsored […]

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New Jersey has a new paid family leave law, joining California and Washington as the only states in the country having such a law.  Click here for the details.

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Colorado voters are considering what would probably be the toughest corporate criminal fraud law in the country.  It would put CEO’s in jail when their companies run afoul of the law.  Click here to read more.
It’ll be interesting to see if other states follow suit.

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Next door to Maryland in Virginia, the immigration situation is also getting messier.  Click here for details.
Interestingly, the immigration debate has subsided in the presidential campaign.  It’s likely to heat up in the general election–maybe before then, if stories like those in Maryland and Virginia continue.

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With Congress punting, so far, on a comprehensive plan for dealing with immigrants who are living and working in the U.S. illegally, states are beginning to try to fill the gap.  Click here to read about what Maryland is doing or trying to do.  As you’ll see, immigration is proving to be a volatile political issue in […]

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What does yesterday’s argument before the U.S. Supreme Court about whether a District of Columbia ban on handguns violates the Second Amendment have to do with the workplace and employment law?  Nothing directly, but perhaps a lot indirectly.
According to news sources following this case (click here, here, and here), the majority of the Court seemed to indicate from […]

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Most states require employers to provide time for employees to vote on election day.  While these laws vary in each state, they generally require employers to give employees time off to vote if the polls are not open two or three hours outside of the employee’s regular shift.  Some of these states also require that […]

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Do you allow your employees flextime?  Check out an article in the Columbus Dispatch about what’s become a controversial subject for state employees in Ohio.

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As discussed the the ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter, a Tennessee case demonstrates that the answer to this question is no, unless the bullying is tied to a protected class.  So, if the bullying is based, let’s say, on race, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability, then it would constitute unlawful harassment.  But bullying that’s just […]

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Can you fire an employee for off-duty conduct? In most cases, yes. However, it can depend on whether the employee works for a public or private employer. It can also depend on whether the employee is union or non-union. It can also depend on whether you have a written policy that governs off-duty conduct. Finally, […]

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