Many states have been restricting a prospective employer’s use of pay history to verify prior employment wages. There is now a split amongst federal appellate courts concerning how a prior employer can consider the use of pay history when setting wages under the Federal Equal Pay Act. The law firm of Lipsky Lowe has an […]
Prepared to Handle Issues Relating to Cannabis in the Workplace?
Medical marijuana and cannabis in the workplace continue to present employers with unique challenges, as things that are legal on a state level are not necessarily legal on a federal level or appropriate for different industries. A recent case that exemplifies this involves a worker suing Amazon for using medical marijuana and being fired and […]
How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success
For the next few months we are going to highlight and summarize a fantastic book titled “Great Employees Only – How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success.” I read this book some years ago and picked it back up to re-read and found the lessons as valuable and rewarding as when I […]
Ban the Box in Maryland: What Your Business Needs to Know
Earlier this year, the Maryland General Assembly overrode a veto from Governor Larry Hogan to put Senate Bill 839 into law. Senate Bill 839 is also known as the Ban the Box Act, and it will impact what criminal record questions you can have on your job application. The Ban the Box Act states that […]
The Workforce Drug Problem Resurfaces Again
In the famous words of Yogi Berra, “it’s like déjà vu all over again” when it comes to a common workforce drug problem—marijuana. Marijuana was the first drug to lead to widespread drug testing in the workplace, and it has made a remarkable (and remarkably scary) comeback over the past few years. How can your […]
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