Archive for June 2015

Guest editorial by: Geoffrey S. Sheldon and Brian P. Walter In 1997, the California Supreme Court gave public employers a green light to test job applicants for drugs and alcohol in Loder v. City of Glendale, 14 Cal.4th 846 [59 Cal.Rptr.2d 696] (1997). The Court held that suspicionless drug and alcohol testing of job applicants…

Guest editorial by: Jennifer Gladstone  It seems like every single week we are announcing another state or jurisdiction adding or broadening their “Ban the Box” policies. They each have a slightly different name, and the details about which employers are included vary, but one by one, municipalities are being swept up in the ban the…