December 12, 2016
Recreational Marijuana Is Now Legal in California: How Does This Affect Employer Workplace Drug Policies?
Erin E. Dolly,

In what might once have been viewed as a remarkable development, but now generates little surprise, recreational marijuana use is now legal in California. On November 9, 2016, Californians approved Proposition 64, known as the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (the Act), legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Contrary to California’s…

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Category: Employee Handbooks, New California Laws, Workplace Drug/Alcohol Policies,
May 19, 2016
Final Regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor Raise Exempt Employee Salary Threshold to $47,476 and Extend Overtime Protections to 4 Million Employees
Erin E. Dolly,

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the long-awaited Final Rule on overtime pay applicable to employers across the country, which, when implemented on December 1, 2016, is expected to extend overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the first year. Most significantly, the Final Rule increases the salary level for the white collar…

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