Perspectives

Employees are often asked to sign noncompete agreements that limit the employee’s legal right to work for other employers or for themselves during and after their employment.

This is the third part of a three part blog about noncompetes. The first part discussed the enforceability of noncompetes. The second part discussed considerations and negotiation tactics when an employee is asked to sign a noncompete. This third part discusses considerations and options when an employee has already signed a non-compete and they “want out” of it. …

Employees are often asked to sign noncompete agreements that limit the employee’s legal right to work for other employers or for themselves during and after their employment.

This is the second part of a three part blog pertaining to noncompetes. The first part discussed the enforceability of noncompetes. This second part discusses considerations and negotiation tactics when an employee is asked to sign a noncompete. …

Employees are often asked to sign noncompete agreements that limit the employee’s legal right to work for other employers or for themselves during and after their employment.

This is the first part of a three part blog about noncompetes. This first part discusses generally the enforceability of noncompetes. …

WFJ’s own Andrew Nielsen is being published in CFMA Building Profits Magazine with an article on staffing from a legal perspective.

Companies considering drug and alcohol testing policies should understand that an employer can only require an employee, or prospective employee, to submit to chemical testing if the company’s policies and procedures meet specific legal requirements. The law on this subject in Minnesota is comprehensive, and compliance can be confusing. …

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the Women’s Economic Security Act  (WESA) into law on May 11, 2014. The nine-part law imposes new specific requirements on Minnesota employers, most of which aim to address reducing the gender pay gap. Some highlights of the new law include: …

Minnesota recently passed legislation becoming the 22nd state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposed. Minnesota’s law is one of the strictest in the country. The law creates a patient registry that controls who may obtain the drug. While much of the law is aimed at the criminal and health side of things, the law also has some provisions that affect employers in Minnesota. …