Here are a few links to some interesting employment law articles. I’ve also posted another link to some additional information from the Department of Labor’s recent guidance regarding how the Family and Medical Leave Act applies to adult children. The Employer Handbook has a good article that should remind employees…
A recent New Jersey appeals court decision found that ExxonMobil’s drug and alcohol policy was facially discriminatory, with implications for similar policies maintained by other employers. In the case in question, an employee identified herself as a recovering alcoholic seeking rehabilitation, and due to ExxonMobil policy, was forced to enter…
The NLRB recently released a memo that provides clarification about the types of at-will employment disclaimers businesses can use in their employee handbooks. Recent NLRB decisions had made employers wary of including at-will employment language that could be viewed by employees as prohibiting conduct protected under the NLRA. These memos…
In a continuation of a recent post that analyzed what constitutes a “reasonable accommodation” under the Americans With Disabilities Act, this post summarizes a great article by the FMLA Insights blog that looks into the extent a leave of absence constitutes a reasonable accommodation. The article looks at the fact…
The Wisconsin Employment and Labor Law Blog provides important information about a recent decision by the 6th Circuit that limited Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) by allowing private employers to terminate an employee who fails a drug test, even if he or she tests positive only for doctor-prescribed marijuana use…