Afternoon Legal Links ... U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reflects on historic tenure as the first Latina woman to grace the highest bench in the land ... With rapidly reforming marijuana laws, the Hospitality, Labor and Employment blog asks a very tricky legal question: As marijuana becomes legal in more states, how should employers handle positive drug tests? ... An elderly man in California finally received his lawsuit settlement from an insurance company recently -- and they delivered it in buckets of change Via USA Today comes this great feature: Five years ago, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina sworn in to the U.S. Supreme Court. Heres the story of her rise to the bench, as told in her own words: usat.ly/1mttKOv Most state laws legalizing marijuana do not address the employment issues implicated by these statutes when an employee tests positive for the drug. Courts in several of these states have held that the protection afforded under these statutes is limited to the decriminalization of marijuana. Therefore, some courts have generally upheld employers’ right to discipline employees, including terminating their employment, when the employees’ marijuana use violates drug-free workplace policies -- but then again, some states are the exact opposite: bit.ly/1stEGiY When an insurance agency finally agreed earlier this year to settle a lawsuit with an elderly California man, he probably expected that his payout would come in the form of a check, or perhaps even in an envelope of cash. Instead, Andres Carrasco, 76, says Adrianas Insurance Services chose to pay him in thousands and thousands of coins. Understandably, Carrasco nor his attorney were amused: huff.to/V8AvxK
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:45:55 +0000
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