On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 1 p.m. EST, join Kara Maciel and Darius Rohani-Shukla for a webinar regarding Managing Employee Privacy Rights: Everything You Need to Know.
In the modern workplace, employers must proactively understand and comply with privacy laws that will affect their employees. Failing to do so could result in potentially costly civil litigation, government enforcement actions, and employee trust/ goodwill losses. At present, employee privacy rights are governed by a tricky combination of state and federal laws as well as commonly followed data protection best practices.
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Ms. Shaked, a seasoned employment litigator and Cal/OSHA practitioner based in San Francisco, CA, represents employers on a wide range of employment matters, including Cal/OSHA investigations and appeals of Cal/OSHA citations, claims of discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, and whistleblower actions. She also conducts workplace harassment prevention training, and counsels employers on workplace safety compliance, the development of employee handbooks, hiring and termination decisions, leaves of absence and accommodations, and wage and hour compliance.
As such, it appears to be only a matter of time before marijuana is legalized throughout the entire country. However, with these changes comes the potential for more employees to be under the influence of both legal and illegal drugs at the workplace. So, what can employers do to maintain a safe workplace? What restrictions are there for testing employees for drug use? Can employers really impose a drug-free workplace policy considering these seemingly pro-marijuana laws?
Wage and hour issues continue to be hotly litigated under the numerous federal and state laws governing employee wages, hours worked, meal and rest breaks and more. The availability of class actions and representative actions raise the stakes even higher for employers.