by Jeremy Rickson | 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...
by Jeremy Rickson | 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...
by Jeremy Rickson | 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...
by Jeremy Rickson | 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...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Departing Employees and Corporate Raiding By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC How to Protect Your Business when a Key Employee Terminates & How to Minimize Risk when Hiring Your Competitor’s Key Employees HOW TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS WHEN A KEY EMPLOYEE...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Employment Law
Card Check & the Employee Free Choice Act By Randall P. Sutton SAALFELD GRIGGS PC SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO LABOR LAW MAY MAKE YOUR COMPANY A UNION TARGET It’s your business, and you understand better than anyone how to make it successful. Most employers prefer to...