Policies and Procedures, Corporate Counsel, Employment Policies

Mintz On Air: Practical Policies – An Abridged Guide to Crisis Management

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/2/2025

In this episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin and Crisis Management and Strategic Response Chair Erek L. Barron dive into the world of crisis management and discuss the myriad of...more

Fifth Circuit Finds That Employee Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Needing FMLA Leave

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2024

On March 19, 2024, in Cerda v. Blue Cube Operations, LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding that the employee’s acts of informing...more

Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

DarrowEverett LLP on 10/11/2023

The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more

Employers: Clock is Ticking to Update Marijuana Policies

McGlinchey Stafford on 1/30/2023

With an increasing number of states passing laws protecting employees who utilize marijuana, employers throughout the country are presently tasked with redesigning their marijuana-related policies and practices to avoid the...more

Fourth Circuit Rules That “Usual and Customary” Notice Procedures Are Not the Same as a Written Policy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 8/29/2022

In Roberts v. Gestamp West Virginia, LLC, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina—held that when an employer allows an employee to use an informal...more

Notice Requirements Under the FMLA: Federal Court Reinforces Employees’ Obligations to Follow Established Notification Procedures

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2021

On June 17, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued an opinion and order in Munger v. Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc., addressing an employee’s claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...more

California Court Upholds Employer’s Refusal To Hire Applicant Who Failed Pre-Employment Drug Test Due To Medical Marijuana Use

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/6/2021

A federal court in California dismissed the disability discrimination claims of a job applicant who failed a pre-employment drug test due to medical marijuana use, holding that he did not sufficiently prove that he was...more

Policies and Procedures › Corporate Counsel › Employment Policies

Mintz On Air: Practical Policies – An Abridged Guide to Crisis Management

Fifth Circuit Finds That Employee Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Needing FMLA Leave

Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

Employers: Clock is Ticking to Update Marijuana Policies

Fourth Circuit Rules That “Usual and Customary” Notice Procedures Are Not the Same as a Written Policy

Notice Requirements Under the FMLA: Federal Court Reinforces Employees’ Obligations to Follow Established Notification Procedures

California Court Upholds Employer’s Refusal To Hire Applicant Who Failed Pre-Employment Drug Test Due To Medical Marijuana Use

Guidelines For Employers As More States Legalize Marijuana

Puff, Puff, Passed: 2019 Marijuana Laws in Review and 2020 Projections

NLRB Restores Employers’ Right to Restrict Employees’ Personal Use of Company Email and Other IT Resources

Watch Out Employees: Comply with Policies or Lose FMLA Rights

How to Avoid Being the Next Casualty in the EEOC’s War on Employee Separation Agreements

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