An employment handbook can be an amazing tool for your workplace. This same handbook can be a great support if you have to enforce rules in the workplace or defend your actions due to a lawsuit. However, an employee handbook can also be problematic. If you don’t know...
Employees of any business in Colorado are legally protected from sexual harassment. If anyone working in the company begins to sexually harass another employee, they may be putting themselves at risk of termination from their job. Should the employer ignore the...
An employment contract is one that you will have any new, potential employee sign agreeing to work for you. This contract will establish both the responsibilities and rights of those in the contract. Your contract will describe what the employee will do for you, and...
Running a local business means being a local employer. You probably value each of your staff members and rely on them to do their jobs properly. When someone has a medical emergency or family situation, they might ask your business for an extended leave of absence....
Reporting sexual harassment to your employer can be scary. You probably feel worried about retaliation from the company or the person whom you report. You may think that asking for support might end your upward growth at the company. Both federal and Colorado state...
Among the many business law issues for employers in the Denver region, sexual harassment claims remain a top concern. After the #MeToo movement arose, several states began making it mandatory for all workers to participate in anti-sexual harassment training. Although...
Like other states, Colorado has an overtime pay law stipulating that overtime hours should be paid at 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate. An employee who earns $20 per hour normally would get $30 per hour when working overtime, for example. But when do you really...
Months after the #MeToo movement's beginnings, the Harvey Weinstein fallout, Oprah's impassioned speech and the countless tweets, you may wonder what, if anything, has changed. Certainly awareness around the issue of sexual harassment has increased throughout society....
According to the latest statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), more than 42,000 people died from opioid overdose in 2016. That amounts to 116 people per day. Of those, 40 percent were the result of prescription drug...
Patrick Snay, the former head of a private prepatory school in Miami, Florida lost his $80,000 settlement after his daughter boasted about it on Facebook. Mr. Snay filed an age discrimination complaint when his 2010-2011 employment contract was not renewed. In...
