Last month, I posted about one Florida House proposal to implement Amendment 2 (which legalized medical marijuana this past November).
Thereafter, several other bills have been put forward and one in the House, HB 1397, has now passed the House Health Quality Subcommittee. HB 1397, written by House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues, is…
How do you respond when someone tells you they practice voodoo? How about Santeria or Rastafari? Do you laugh or scoff in response, do you start singing Sublime?? Here in South Florida, a multicultural and multi-ethnic area, there are a plethora of minor religions being practiced by thousands of people. As a result, laughing…
In November 2016, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved, with more than 70% voting yes, expanded medical marijuana by passing Amendment 2.
Now comes the tough work of implementing Amendment 2. One bill, SB 614, proposes to throw out the current medical marijuana system in Florida (which was set up in 2015 to grow, process…
Who could have ever guessed that post same-sex marriage legalization, litigation would focus on the issues of wedding cakes and wedding florists. But, now comes recent news that the case pending in Washington State involving the florist who declined to provide flowers for her friend’s gay wedding has lost her case at the state…
Florida, dating back to its early years, has always been a hot bed of scams and fraud. These days, Florida leads the nation in IRS tax return fraud. And, that is because Florida has a large transient population, no state income tax (so no state review of tax returns which provide a…
Back in 2015 Houston, Texas attempted to and failed to pass an expanded human equal rights ordinance (“HERO”) which would have made it illegal to discriminate against someone based on 15 different “protected characteristics,” including sex, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Now, the State of Texas has thought it prudent to follow…
After previous efforts that failed in 2012 and 2016, the City of Jacksonville, Florida has now passed an expanded human rights ordinance (“HRO”) that provides employment and housing protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This time around the City Council addressed several issues that created hurdles during the prior efforts to expand…
Happy New Year! Also, its time for Florida employers to pay attention to the new 2017 Florida minimum wage. As of January 1, 2017, Florida’s minimum wage will rise from the current rate of $8.05 per hour to $8.10 per hour.
Under Florida Statute § 448.110 4(a) and (b), the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity…
By many accounts, North Carolina has lost in excess of $400 million in business revenue (and a whole lot of basketball games) due to HB2. HB2, for those who don’t know, is the controversial law that limited who could use which bathrooms and was the subject of fierce protests by many in…
News today that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reached agreements with several large retail companies to limit on-call scheduling of employees. On-call scheduling has been a way for large companies with fluctuating staffing needs to schedule employees depending on weather, holidays, shopper volume, etc. However, many employee rights’ organizations have lobbied against what…
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