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Employers often reward their employees this time of year for a job well done. They may give a gift, such as a ham. They may give out end-of-year bonuses based on goodwill. And, sometimes they will pay an employee more if the employee works on a holiday. However, are...

If you call the Pacific Northwest home, you can easily understand the cost-of-living crisis. This region has many beautiful sights from vineyards and wildlife refuges, and you naturally, might want to enjoy those things, but they also require money. Rent, food costs...

Readers of our blog are very familiar with employment law, especially discrimination and wrongful termination. One of the lesser talked about discrimination cases is based on pregnancy. As such, a prior post discussed some common forms of illegal pregnancy...

It may surprise some employers, but illegal workplace discrimination includes discrimination based on childbirth, pregnancy and those related medical conditions. Indeed, this type of discrimination is considered sex discrimination. Reasonable accommodations Title I of...

Feeding the homeless is one of the many charitable acts of numerous religious organizations. It is truly an act of human kindness and should be viewed in that way. Because of the nature of such an act, it is surprising that there are laws that actually limit the...

In recent years, there has been a great deal of attention paid to employee rights. Much of that has focused on sexual harassment and other forms of mistreatment that many employees were reluctant to complain about because they did not believe it would help them. In...

Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), a police officer may be subjected to an internal investigation, commonly known as a “Brady investigation”. While people tend to think of a Brady list as a “dirty cop” list, the reality is that any officer can find his way...

When you think of sexual harassment, most people think of sexual conduct by co-workers or managers. Customers and vendors can sexually harass employees. Under Oregon and California law, employers owe their employees the duty to protect them from sexual harassment by...

The short answer according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines recently issued is, "Yes."  Employers may require their employees to get COVID 19 vaccinations to continue to work. There are caveats. However, employers must still accommodate employees with...

2020 is an unthinkable year that surprised everyone. As law enforcement officers, your ground rules continue to change because of political winds and leaders without the metal to stand up for law rule.  Traditionally cops could rely on their training and the legal...