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2025 Legislative Developments Affecting Washington Employers

Foster Garvey PC on 7/31/2025

Washington employers face a wave of new workplace legislation, some of which recently became effective and some that will begin in 2026 and beyond. These new or modified laws address a broad range of topics, many of which...more

Unreliable Anonymous Tip Could Not Form Basis Of Reasonable Suspicion Drug Test By Public Employer

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/1/2017

A public employee established a Fourth Amendment violation by several individual supervisors of his former employer when they selected him for reasonable suspicion drug testing – and later discharged him — based on an...more

2016 presidential election dynamics in the workplace: Free speech? ‘You’re fired’

McAfee & Taft on 10/12/2016

None of us are immune from this year’s presidential election dynamics. Disrespect and name-calling seem more prevalent than policy discussions. The election is highly polarizing, potentially pitting employee against employee....more

Liability for Data Breach Involving Employee Information: Even the Federal Government and Third Party Vendors Are Not Immune

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/7/2015

In what is quickly becoming the newest trending topic in class action litigation, another class action has been filed alleging the disclosure of employee personally identifiable information due to a cyber attack. This...more

2015 Employment Bills Moving Through The CA Legislative Process

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/11/2015

Thursday, June 5 marked the last day for bills to pass out of their house of origin in the California Legislature. Here is a summary of some key employment bills that made it through (followed by some significant bills that...more

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