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Reason November 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Urine -- or You're Out Drug testing is invasive, insulting, and generally irrelevant to job performance. Why do so many companies insist on it? |
Reason January 2004 Brandon Turner |
Snow Job Anti-cokehead discrimination: Joel Hernandez wants his old job back, and employers and addicts across the country may have a stake in whether he gets it. |
IndustryWeek February 17, 2010 Jonathan Katz |
Rethinking Drug Testing For years it's been a no-brainer on the plant floor, but what do drug screens really tell us? |
Inc. August 2003 Bobbie Gossage |
Casino Case Hits Legal Jackpot A brawling casino worker helps to set a legal precedent that hurts employers. |
Job Journal September 21, 2003 Bob Rosner |
'At Will' or At Risk? A dismissed worker may still have some legal recourse. |
Inc. March 2004 Jess McCuan |
When an Addict Seeks a Job Fresh from rehab, a former worker wants his job back. What can you do? The Supreme Court recently ruled that you don't necessarily have to hire back former addicts. |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Up in smoke The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs... |
Entrepreneur July 2005 Chris Penttila |
Smoke Alarm Controversy heats up over off-the-clock employee regulation. |
Salon.com August 31, 2000 David Tuller |
Striking down medical marijuana San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling. |
Job Journal December 5, 2004 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Supreme Court Weighs Age-Old Issue With about 70 million American workers over 40 -- roughly half of the labor force -- it's difficult to think that they need protected status as a class. Yet that's just what federal and state laws do. And for very good reasons. |
Entrepreneur December 2004 Jane Easter Bahls |
Good Libations? It's December again, time to make final plans for the company holiday party. While you're planning, think about how much alcohol your employees are likely to drink, and what could happen if they drive home drunk. |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
Daily dose I drink, smoke dope, pop Vicodin and take Prozac. Why hasn't my body given out yet? |
Managed Care January 2006 John Carroll |
It's To Plans' Benefit To Spell Out Authority Claims administrators have been put on notice by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that employee benefit plans will need to spell out in precise detail their prerogative in making benefit decisions - or risk losing it. |
Inc. November 2004 Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: Just Say Yes How a drug-testing policy that sounds tough can turn into a lifeline for some. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Betsy Feigin Befus |
Is Your Company in Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act? Employers would do well to review their compliance under the current rules, which are the frequent subject of employee-initiated complaints and costly litigation. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Substance Abuse Questions and answers on substance abuse. |
Job Journal August 17, 2008 Lindsey Novak |
Career Pros: The Facts About Firings Employer rules and employee rights regarding terminations. |
Sports Illustrated December 4, 2002 L. Jon Wertheim |
Taking Their Hits Smoking marijuana is fundamental for many professional athletes, even though they're winding up on the blotter pages. |
Job Journal July 7, 2013 |
Jobwire US job growth maintains steady pace... Supreme Court rulings restrict employee lawsuits... Safeway is receiving top honors for its efforts in providing jobs to returning veterans... |
AskMen.com Jasper Anson |
Illegal Interview Questions Job interviews are stressful enough, but illegal interview questions make things worse. What should you do if you are asked these questions that shouldn't be asked? |
Entrepreneur February 2008 Mark Henricks |
Fair is Fair Steer clear of trouble by making sure you pay men and women equally. |
AskMen.com Christopher Asandra |
Marijuana And Erectile Dysfunction As marijuana legalization becomes more common, more and more men are asking what effects it can have on their ability to achieve and maintain an erection. |
Salon.com May 15, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
Let them eat chemo Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement? |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2006 James McDonald, Jr. |
Legal: Hey, Good Lookin': Sex Discrimination in Hiring Reps Hiring beautiful drug reps might be good for business, but it also might be challenged as discrimination in a court of law. |
Inc. July 2005 Darren Dahl |
A New Wrinkle on Age Bias It just got easier to file age discrimination claims. Is your business at risk? |
Salon.com November 7, 2000 Stephen Cohen |
Shameful emissions The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance... |
CFO August 1, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
High Court Upholds Health-Care Reform The Supreme Court's ruling leaves companies with decisions to make. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2009 Brian Orelli |
The Dilemma for Drugmakers There's no safe place to hide. |
CIO June 1, 2002 Ken Segarnick |
Courts Say It's OK: Peep Away Readers' questions about the legal consequences of electronic monitoring: What rights, if any, does an employee have in protecting his privacy in the workplace?... Can the company access my personal AOL account?... etc. |
Reason April 2008 Jacob Sullum |
No Bad Drugs Two books on drug use in America offer conflicting opinions and further emphasize the arbitrary distinctions at the root of drug prohibition. |
Salon.com April 22, 2002 Janelle Brown |
Why drug tests flunk If the Supreme Court rules in favor of drug testing in public schools, will students come clean? Kids at schools in Indiana, where drug tests rule, say no way... |
Entrepreneur May 2005 Chris Penttila |
Lead Buzz 05/05 With workers retiring later, discrimination claims may rise ... The importance of "vision"... Who determines what is backed up... |
AskMen.com July 2, 2001 Ash Karbasfrooshan |
Addiction In The Workplace According to Timothy Dimoff, a former narcotics detective, 5 to 17% of American workers arrive at their jobs under the influence of drugs or alcohol. And based on what the experts have to say, the remaining 83 to 95% could be itching to get home to get plastered... |
Fast Company Samantha Cole |
What Today's SCOTUS Ruling Means For Pregnant Employees Hopeful news for working families today: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling which blocked a woman's discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, reviving the case. |
Entrepreneur May 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Fire Power Does your employee handbook give you enough authority? |
Entrepreneur April 2004 Chris Penttila |
Age Rage Younger employees are crying age discrimination. |
Salon.com May 15, 2001 Dan Shapiro |
A nauseating ruling Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer... |
AskMen.com October 28, 2000 Joshua Levine |
The Benefits Of Marijuana Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot pasttime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of marijuana lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous drug? |
Job Journal January 27, 2008 |
Jobwire Communication Skills Vital for College Grads... Air Traffic Controllers in Short Supply... Employers Can Restrict Union Emails... At Work, Wipe Away Those Tears... Less Work-Related Stress Among Older Staffers... On the Job Front... |
AskMen.com |
Wal-Mart Case Has there ever been a worse time to be an employee in America? |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Alan J. Foxman |
Looking at Illinois Court's Ruling on Non-Compete Clause Our legal analyst explores one state s new rules on employment agreements. |
Reason February 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
Testing Frenzy The Tecumseh School District of Oklahoma doesn't have a documented drug problem. Nevertheless, it has one of the strictest school drug-testing policies in the United States -- so strict, in fact, that the Supreme Court will decide this spring whether it violates the Constitution... |
Entrepreneur October 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Zero Tolerance Employers should know they have a legal responsibility to protect their employees from sexual harassment and to act on any complaints, including those against independent contractors, vendors and anyone else who frequents the workplace. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
Court throws out patent covering drug dosing The US Supreme Court has said that medical tests that rely on correlations between drug doses and treatment cannot be patented because they are based on laws of nature. |
Reason July 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Search 'n' Sniff In an upcoming case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the use of a drug dog to conduct a suspicionless search passes the smell test. |
Entrepreneur May 2005 Mark Henricks |
Jumping the Gun A 2004 report found that 42 percent of small firms had no written policies on weapons at work, compared to 14 percent of big companies. But as the issue of firearms in the workplace heats up, that gap may narrow. |
Inc. August 2008 |
Put Your Policies in Writing Five tips for putting your HR policies in writing. |
American Family Physician April 1, 2003 |
Substance Abuse--How To Recognize It Am I drinking too much?... Am I taking risks with alcohol or other mood-altering substances?... Has my drinking or drug use become a habit?... Is alcohol or drug use taking over my life?... Has drinking alcohol or using drugs become a problem for me?... etc. |
Reason August 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
High Court How private are the private lives of judges? |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart vs. a Million Angry Women Wal-Mart wants the Supreme Court to block a huge gender-bias suit. |