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Employment

Jul 30, 2014

OP-ED: Marijuana is legal in Washington; now what?

  The day has finally come. As of July 8, people in Washington state can legally purchase small amounts of marijuana and smoke pot privately without fear of criminal repercussions […]

Jul 1, 2014

OP-ED: Tracking employees via GPS may generate TMI

  There are a lot of good reasons why employers might want to track company vehicles through a GPS monitoring device – from managing logistics and efficiency, to enforcing compliance […]

Jun 25, 2014

OP-ED: Handling employee discipline and termination

  One of the first questions I ask a company when one of its former employees files a lawsuit against it is: “What’s in the personnel file?” Although Oregon is […]

Jun 4, 2014

OP-ED: Workplace battle lines being challenged

  There are probably a few things that employers can feel fairly confident about when it comes to managing the workplace. They can set working hours, hold employees to certain […]

Apr 30, 2014

OP-ED: Could that dress code be worthless?

  Pop quiz: Your company has a strict dress code, and you have always consistently held your employees to it. A new employee shows up for work one day blatantly […]

Apr 2, 2014

OP-ED: Weighing whether to fight unemployment claims

  There are a lot of misconceptions regarding unemployment claims filed by ex-employees, and this month I’ll try to shed some light on them to help answer the oft-repeated question: […]

Mar 5, 2014

OP-ED: Can an employee be worked to death?

  You’ve probably heard (or even used) phrases that exaggerate a difficult situation at work: “You’re killing me over here” or “This job will be the death of me” or […]

Feb 5, 2014

OP-ED: Think twice before sending that text

  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie learned the lesson the hard way: Be careful what you and your employees put in electronic writing, because it could come back to haunt […]



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