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Arizona voters passed a proposition imposing minimum wage increase. The increase has a unique impact on the Arizona agriculture industry. Many agriculture commodity prices have been stagnant for years as costs increased. The minimum wage law simply imposed another cost increase. Prior to January 2017, the Arizona minimum wage was $8.05 per hour. The proposition […]
Basketball, football, and baseball seasons come and go, but one spectator sport that is always in play is politics. It used to be that in polite society, no one spoke about religion or politics. This is no longer the case. In November and December of 2011, Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder conducted a survey […]
The latest statistics from the Arizona Department of Health show that, as of May 1, 2016 (latest numbers), 99,938 Arizonans have medical marijuana cards. Cardholders range in age from under 18 to over 80 years old. However, the majority of cardholders are working in business today. Chances are that many employees have cards. What rights […]
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 […]
Regardless of the size of a company, there are key elements that should be included in an alcohol and drug policy: Express the need for a safe and productive work environment. Communicate that the policy covers all persons including owners and exempt and non-exempt employees. Employees are expected to perform their assigned duties, free from […]
In 1925, in an effort to raise arbitration agreements to the same level as other contracts, the Federal Arbitration Act was passed, which set forth a national policy in favor of arbitration. And yet, for the last eighty-two years, arbitration agreements between employers and employees have remained a controversial area of law across the country. […]
When certain types of information is valuable to a particular business, the employer may ask employees to sign “protective covenants.” These covenants, or agreements, prevent the employees from either divulging the information to actual or potential competitors, or using the information themselves to go into competition with their former employers. But the covenants cannot be designed […]
A. …an employer can create an “expectation of employment” in its handbook? The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that when an employee manual contains provisions that could lead to an expectation of employment on the part of the employee, this expectation can be avoided through the inclusion of a prominent disclaimer. This disclaimer should […]
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