Real Disputes Need Lawyers Who Understand The Fight
Supreme Court decisions may be very close and yet they typically have a far reaching impact on people all across the country including Colorado. A recent 5-4 ruling is set to impact a large number of employers and employees. The case and ruling pertain to employment...
Anytime a government entity needs to outsource work, such as computer programming or other technical capabilities, it is typically applauded if they turn to a local company to handle the job. But, there may be instances where even a local company does not live up to...
A Colorado class-action law suit filed in federal court has been dismissed with prejudice in a U.S. district court when a settlement was reached between the two parties. The plaintiff, a previous employee of a fine dining restaurant, had filed the class-action wage...
For many Colorado residents, dreams of retirement have fallen by the wayside as the economy continues a slow pace of recovery. More and more workers are having to work past the age that they had planned to retire, and many see no light at the end of that tunnel....
Women in Denver may have noticed that the federal Equal Pay Act recently had its 50th anniversary. The law was enacted to address the huge difference in pay female employees received for doing the same jobs as their male colleagues. While progress has been made in...
In theory, women in the workplace are supposed to be protected from discrimination through a pair of federal laws. The 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical problems by employers with at...
Federal employment laws that religious institutions in Denver must follow often try to balance the rights of employees not to be discriminated against or wrongfully terminated against the employers' right to practice its religion. In a recent wrongful termination case...
There are our work lives, and there are our private lives. Some of both might end up on our social media sites, but most people would rather not feel like their boss is peering over their shoulder to look at their Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter pages. To protect their...
Readers likely know that Colorado voters recently decided to legalize marijuana in the state. People can age 21 or over can now possess and grow small amounts of marijuana, and also purchase some from authorized stores for personal use. Prior to that, voters approved...
It is standard practice for colleges and universities in Colorado to translate important employment-related documents into employees' native language when English is not their first language. One exception to this policy are the schools at the Auraria Campus in...