Sex, Drugs and Videos – Random Thoughts on the Modern Office Environment
REPEATED FROM MONDAY AT 10:30am
The workplace is a setting for personal relationships to blossom-or sour. What happens when these relationships impact co-workers and work productivity? Marijuana use is now legal in several states, but its use, and testing for it, can affect an employer's ability to hire and fire. Surveillance cameras at work can maintain security but what about protecting privacy? This session discusses these subjects and how employers should address each in 2023 and beyond.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn the legal issues involving these three workplace issues. Workplace Relationships --Supervisors v. non-supervisors --When things get ugly with exes --Effect of social media on relationships and the workplace Use of Legal Drugs and Testing in the Workplace --Mechanics of testing (relationship with a lab); when you can test in work comp and other situations --Mandatory, random, reasonable suspicions, pre-employment testing --Substance abuse time off- when allowed/required Security Cameras --Placement of cameras --Notice requirements to employees and others --Saving the evidence.
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Jonathan Fraser Light
Jonathan Fraser Light, managing attorney at LightGabler, has more than 30 years of experience in the field of employment law. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been named as one of Southern California's "Super Lawyers" for 15 years. Mr. Light and his team members consult with over 1,500 companies throughout California in the private and public sector on their day-to-day employment law needs. He offers employment counsel and training programs to companies of all sizes to reduce liability and protect against lawsuits.
Mr. Light frequently speaks to employer and human resources groups on topics such as avoiding sexual harassment claims, wage and hour issues, business and employment law pitfalls, diversity in the workplace, supervisor strategies, employment law updates, and preparing employee handbooks.
He is the author of the nationally acclaimed and award-winning book, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, Second Edition, published in 2005. Mr. Light is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude in history from UCLA, and is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.