QUESTIONS and OBSERVATIONS The sudden onset of Coronavirus has created a ‘pandemic’ of new legislative acts, laws, rules and rulings, which would be challenging to grasp if done at ordinary speed. At these speeds, it’s bewildering, even as to a subset of relevant Coronavirus law in the employment arena. By way of background, on March…
We have represented hundreds of small, medium and large businesses in almost every area of traditional business law. We form businesses including corporations and limited liability companies, dissolve businesses, negotiate contracts, collect commercial debts, negotiate work-out arrangements, litigate shareholder and partnership disputes, defend businesses in employment and personnel matters, negotiate commercial landlord-tenant leases and handle…
One of the major issues surrounding privacy rights is the information gathered and shared by employers. At the top of this list of issues is the maintenance and use of personnel files. Additionally important, however, are workplace practices surrounding polygraph testing, drug testing, computer and telephone monitoring, and interference with personal lifestyle. With the exception…
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prevents employers from making adverse employment decisions based upon the disability of an employee or applicant. If an employee or applicant can perform the essential functions of a job with reasonable accommodation, an employer is not allowed to discriminate against him or her because of that disability.…
