Blog Posts: Employment

Prop 206: Paid Sick Time Off is Now Required of Arizona Employers Prop 206 was recently upheld by the Arizona Supreme Court.  Not only does Prop 206 increase Arizona’s minimum wage to $10 per hour but also requires paid sick time.   Arizona employers must have a paid sick time (“PST”) policy before the new law takes effect on July 1, 2017.  Employers n...

Paid Sick Time Off is Required by Arizona Employers Some employers were taking the "wait and see" approach with Prop 206 due to the legal challenge filed by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. The waiting is now over. On March 15, 2017, the Arizona Supreme Court voted unanimously to uphold Prop 206. In other words, Prop 206 is here to stay, and employers need to comp...

In 2012, most employers are engaging the public with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. These social media sites can be cost effective ways to generate new business in a world where people spend more time on social media sites than ever. Indeed, social media is no longer an option, it is a necessity. Although social media is great for develo...

Arizona voters recently passed AZ Prop 206 – the Fair Wages & Healthy Families Act – by a significant margin. Prop 206 increases the minimum wage in Arizona to:$10.00 per hour on January 1, 2017 $10.50 per hour on January 1, 2018 $11.00 per hour on January 1, 2019 $12.00 per hour on January 1, 2020After 2020, Arizona’s minimum wage will inc...

Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Kraig Marton and I do employment law here in the firm. Why do you Call Employment Law Alphabet Soup? Employers have to know so much when they’re engaged in the field of employment law and there’s so many acronyms that are used that just learning them becomes difficult. There’s things like FMLA, there is USERRA ther...

Video Transcript: Hi, my name is Kraig Marton. I’m the head of the employment law section at our firm. As such, I represent both employees and small to mid-size employers in all kinds of employment matters. What is wrongful termination in Arizona? There are a lot of kinds of wrongful termination, the one most common, that most people have heard about is the ille...

Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Kraig Marton and I do the employment law here in the firm. What is “at will” employment in Arizona? At will employment means that an employer can fire an employee any time the employer wants as long as the firing is not for an illegal, improper, bad reason. In turn, the employee can leave anytime they want. It’s a ...

If an employee or former employee sues, they may be entitled to many different types of damages, which could amount to a substantial amount. However, that is not always the case. The different kinds of damages an employee can win against an Arizona employer depend on the type of claim, and there are many different kinds of claims. An employee may assert they have n...

Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Kraig Marton and I do employment law here in the firm. What is a Whistleblower? A whistleblower is a person who goes to either the media or to a person in the company who can do something about it, and complains about a violation of law or an unethical practice in an effort to make it stop. The whistleblower then gets a claim if the whi...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII") and the Arizona Civil Rights Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees because of their gender. While neither law expressly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, the United States Supreme Court has held that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexua...