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Quirky Question #260, Data breach incident response plans
Question: For data breach preparation, what guidance have federal and state regulators issued regarding incident response plans? Answer: By Melissa Krasnow Melissa Krasnow Organizations are preparing...
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Quirky Question #264, Oregon Employers: Beware!
Question: I am an employer in Oregon, and I understand Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a whole slew of bills into law on Monday which will directly impact Oregon employers. What do I need to know?...
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Quirky Question #268: E-Sign Away!
Question: We have our electronic handbook and arbitration agreement online, and all employees sign both electronically. I saw a news blurb that a California court last year refused to enforce an...
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Question #272: Competing in California
Question: One of our company’s employees recently left to start a competing business. We think he started this process while he was still employed by us, and that he is probably using information he...
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Question #273: Crafting a Concrete Non-Compete
Question: Our company uses non-compete and non-solicit agreements that bar former employees from having contact with any client of our company after they leave. One former employee who recently left is...
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Question #275: Can We Take A Stand On Employees Sitting?
Question: Some of our retail company’s employees in California are demanding chairs to sit in while they work. Management thinks it appears unprofessional to have workers sitting, but I hear the...
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Quirky Question # 276: Ex-Employees Gone Rogue
Question: Our company uses agreements to try to protect our confidential and proprietary information. One of our former sales employees recently left us to work for a competing company. We have...
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Quirky Question #278: DOL Doubles the FLSA Salary Basis Threshold
Question: Where can I find more information about the DOL’s doubling of the FLSA salary basis threshold? Did they make other changes? As an employer, what does this mean for me? And how long do I have...
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Quirky Question #281: Deploying the DTSA
Question: We believe our former employee recently stole some of our trade secrets and went to a competitor. Can we rely on the Defend Trade Secrets Act to bring suit in federal court? Answer: By Joel...
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Quirky Question #282: UK Employment Law and the Brexit Vote
Question: How will the UK’s “Brexit” vote on withdrawing from the EU affect the way we employ people in our UK subsidiary? Answer: By Juliet Carp Juliet Carp A vote to “Leave” is unlikely to bring...
View ArticleQuirky Question #285: Potholes on the Ethical “High Road”
Question: We learned that some of our employees may have been engaging in unethical, and perhaps even illegal, behavior. We don’t tolerate this, so we hired a law firm to conduct an investigation,...
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