Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Key Steps to Successfully Manage Absenteeism By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC When dealing with employee absenteeism, employers need to carefully navigate the “Bermuda Triangle” of leave laws. This confusing and potentially costly place is created by the...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Illegal Worker Wins Retaliation Lawsuit UNDOCUMENTED WORKER AWARDED $200,000 AGAINST EMPLOYER WHO CALLED INS Most employers fully understand that it is unlawful to employ undocumented workers. One area of the law that has not been clear, however, is what rights, if...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law, Health Law
High Time for Some Answers: Medical Marijuana Update By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC For more than a decade, Oregon employers have struggled with how to enforce their zero-tolerance drug policies when an employee presented a medical marijuana card. The big...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Hidden Issues in Managing Absenteeism By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC Faced with a person who is chronically late or absent, it might seem that the simple solution is to terminate the employee and hire someone who “wants to work.” Unfortunately, in employment...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Grandparents Are Family Too By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC In the wake of the 2007 Oregon legislative session, employers must cope with a number of new burdens. Included among those burdens are changes to the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”). The one change...
Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Employee Absenteeism and the Family Leave and Disability Laws By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC One of an employer’s most frustrating management problems is the employee who is chronically late or absent. Faced with excessive absenteeism, the simple solution is...
