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Interesting article for all of you card-carrying Medical Marijuana patients. I was recently able to get a $100k/year salary employee (Medical Marijuana patient) his job back with a huge national corporation because the company’s big fancy drug testing policy violated California's privacy laws. With back pay. With all paid-out PTO returned. With pain and suffering compensation. With Attorney’s fees and costs. And they re-wrote their policy with my input. http://www.abajournal.com//employers_and_workers_grapple_/

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK! It is illegal for companies to pay WOMEN less than MEN for performing the same jobs. We have some great news for women in the workforce for 2016the FAIR PAY ACT was updated to allow women who are paid less than their male coworkers to argue that their jobs are Substantially Similar for purposes of proving pay discrimination. (I love reading DEFENSE firms’ legal updatesit’s like having access to the other team’s playbook!) http://www.fordharrison.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-cal

Did you know that alcoholism and addiction are considered "disabilities" under both state and federal law? http://www.thedayefirm.com/

I typically do not "call my shots", but I think we can all agree that I called this one! With that said, if you have worked for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Postmates, Caviar, etc at anytime during the past 4 years, please contact my office immediately. http://money.cnn.com//tec/uber-employee-ruling/index.html

Employers often try to hire and classify workers as "Independent Contractors" to avoid certain employment laws and taxes. (Minimum Wages, Overtime, Meal and Rest Breaks, and soon - PAID SICK LEAVE!) The U.S. Department of Labor is getting ready to release guidance addressing what criteria must be met for an employer to properly classify an individual as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee. The guidance is likely going to restrict the ability to classify single individuals as independent contractors and will require employers to audit relationships to prevent unnecessary litigation over misclassification.