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So you were the top salesperson, the top technician, the top IT person, and now management has tapped you to be one of “them.” You are no longer part of the “us” workforce. So do you do anything differently from the things you were doing before the promotion? I certainly hope so, because you now […]

He looked at her with a certain longing. He saw the way she looked at him over the last two weeks since they met. He knew there was something there between the two of them. She was definitely giving him those “certain” looks. Finally, he decided to move on his “gut” feeling. So the next […]

How would an employer know if someone is impaired under marijuana? You don’t! There is no standard or definition of impairment. Impairment is subjective unlike that of alcohol where you can gauge the level. But the Arizona Legislature came to the rescue (Really!). Codified in ARS 23-493 (Drug Testing of Employees), this legislation gives the […]

Social networking (SN) sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are extremely popular these days, butt should employees be using these sites on employer-owned computers during the work day?  Some employers see the marketing benefits associated with having employees on SN sites, while others simply worry about employee productivity.  But what if your employee vents about you […]

The ADA was passed to provide legal protections for, and to end discrimination against, workers with disabilities. The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, […]

Hostile Work Environment A hostile work environment is only unlawful if it is motivated by discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information. A hostile work environment claim is composed of a series of separate acts that collectively constitute one “unlawful employment practice.”  The employee must […]

ARIZONA WHISTLE-BLOWER LAW Arizona provides protection to employees who “blow the whistle” on their employer.  The Arizona Employee Protection Act states that employees who, in a “reasonable manner,” disclose to their employer that the employer or an employee of the company has violated, is violating or will violate the Arizona Constitution or any Arizona statute, […]