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Can I File a Lawsuit Against My Employer For Emotional Distress? Suing For Emotional Distress At Work: Everything You Need To Know For most people, workplace stress is unavoidable. Whether the cause is an overly demanding boss, long hours, or...

How To Detect & Protect Your Company From Employee Theft How To Deal With Employee Theft In Arizona Discovering that a trusted employee is stealing from your business is sure to be an unsettling and disappointing experience. It’s common to...

Can Employers Force Employees To Sign Non-Compete Agreements? Are You Being Forced To Sign a Non-Compete Agreement? Let Our Business Attorneys Protect Your Rights A non-compete agreement prohibits employees, business partners, vendors, and others from using the knowledge or contacts...

How does the Supreme Court’s ruling on LGBTQ discrimination impact Arizona businesses? This week, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: the law’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis...

The Fundamentals of Confidentiality Agreements in Arizona Employment Law Confidentiality agreements, also known as non-disclosure agreements or NDAs, are an important part of many employment agreements in Arizona. An NDA is a contract between an employer and employee in which...

Essential Types of Employment Contracts in Arizona Employment contracts can be useful tools to define the relationship between you and your employees – as well as some of the expectations for employment, such as duration and compensation. But there is...

Mt. Lemmon v. Guido: A Unanimous Supreme Courts Holds Public Entities are Employers, Regardless of Size In November of 2018, all the Supreme Court Justices (except Brett Kavanaugh, who had not taken the bench yet) were in agreement when they...

Department of Labor – Enforcement Powers The Department of Labor(“the Department”) is a highly complex federal agency charged with the broad task of protecting and promoting the rights of “workers, job seekers, and retirees” through “improv[ing] job conditions, advanc[ing] opportunities...

Can I Terminate An Employee Who Is Out On Sick Leave? Are Arizona Employers Allowed To Terminate Employees During A Sick Leave Period? Unless your name is Donald Trump, you probably find firing employees to be the most excruciating...