In a recent case, an employee sued his company for violating wage and hour regs — even though he was performing extra work without his manager’s permission. Read the facts and decide: Who won?

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Tags: California, meal breaks, rest periods, wage and hour

A lot of states and localities have enacted smoke-free workplace laws or are considering a ban. Is yours one of them?

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Tags: bans, law, smoke-free workplace, smoking

Election season’s in full swing, and you know what that means: a lot of heated political conflict in the workplace. How confident are you that your managers will cool things down the right way — without breaking the law?

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Tags: free speech, political debate at work, politics, workplace conflict

Another state has joined the trend of allowing employees to keep guns in the parking lot at work.

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Tags: guns, guns-at-work, Louisiana

As debate rises over whether or not employers can ban foreign languages from the workplace, one state has decided to weigh in.

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Tags: bilingual employees, Discrimination, EEOC, English-only, Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, national origin

Florida’s “guns in the parking lot” law has been in effect for just a short time, but it’s already got a big-name challenger.

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Tags: Disney, Florida, guns, NRA

If an employee sues and a judge tosses out her case, can she try again in a different court?

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Tags: claims preclusion, state court, State Law, sued twice, summary judgement

A federal court recently looked at Florida’s controversial law granting employees the right to keep guns in workplace parking lots.

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Tags: Florida, guns, parking lot

Another state has passed a law granting employees the right to bring guns to workplace parking lots. Will yours be next?

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Tags: Georgia, guns, parking lots, State Law