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Employment and Labor

Coronavirus Q&A: A Legal Resource Guide for Employers

Prepared by the Employment Practice Group as part of the RumbergerKirk COVID-19 Task Force Guidance...

Employment and Labor

Florida Considers Several Bills That Will Impact Florida Employers

Currently, the Florida legislature is brewing with bills that will have an impact on Florida’s...

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Employment and Labor

The Devil is in the Details—for Employers: Florida’s Medical Marijuana Employee Protection Act

After Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2016 and the legislature enacted statutes implementing...

Employment and Labor

Medical Marijuana Employee Protection Act: What the Future Could Hold for Florida

With the passing of the 2016 constitutional amendment and the Legislature’s enacting of statutes implementing...

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Employment and Labor

Relief for Employers Arrived When High Court Closed Door on Class Arbitration

This article was published by the Daily Business Review on Monday, May 6, 2019. Mandatory...

Employment and Labor

Drug Testing Florida School District Job Applicants Is Tricky Business: Finally, Some Judicial Guidance

Is mandatory drug testing for all school district job applicants constitutional? A recent case from...

Employment and Labor

Employers Hope Supreme Court Will Close the Door on Class Arbitration

Mandatory arbitration long has been a fixture in many employment agreements but there has been...

Government and Administrative

Finally, Public Agency Does Not Have to Pay Media's Attorneys' Fees under Florida Public Records Act

In State Attorney’s Office of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, et al., v. Cable News Network,...

Employment and Labor

Legislators Finally Pass a Bill to Implement Florida's Medical Marijuana Constitutional Amendment

On the last day of the Special Session, the Florida Legislature passed a seventy eight-page...

Employment and Labor

Governor Scott Signs Public Records Bill: Relief for Florida Agencies

Florida public agencies have made tremendous efforts in training their staff to comply with their...