Employees Who Prevail in Colorado Wage Suits Will Be More Likely to Obtain Attorney’s Fees
In Reid Lester v. Career Bldg. Academy, the Colorado Court of Appeals adopted a legal standard that will virtually assure that a prevailing employee in a statutory wage claim will be awarded attorney’s fees. Reid Lester (Lester) was the chief operating officer of The...
Lessons from Mediation Training at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation — Lesson #3: Where’s the Monkey?
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of participating in a weeklong mediation training at Harvard Law Schools' Program on Negotiation. It is known as one of the best such programs in the country, and I learned why. Five accomplished mediator-instructors and 48...
Lessons from Mediation Training at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation — Lesson #2: Focus on Interests, Not Positions
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of participating in a weeklong mediation training at Harvard Law Schools' Program on Negotiation. It is known as one of the best such programs in the country, and I learned why. Five accomplished mediator-instructors and 48...
Lessons from Mediation Training at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation — Lesson #1: Joint Sessions in Employment Cases?
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of participating in a weeklong mediation training at Harvard Law Schools' Program on Negotiation. It is known as one of the best such programs in the country, and I learned why. Five accomplished mediator-instructors and 48...
Welcome to Leh Law Group, LLC and “Leh It on the Line”
This is the inaugural post in “Leh It On the Line,” the blog of the Leh Law Group, LLC. Chris Leh and Jim Leh co-founded the firm -- and by extension, this blog -- with the following objectives: We strive to deliver to employers exceptional, practical employment law...
Federal Court Rejects Privacy, Discrimination and Other Claims By Employee Discharged for Use of Medical Marijuana
A federal court in Colorado recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that MillerCoors violated Colorado law by terminating an employee based on off-duty, off-premises use of medical marijuana after he tested positive for marijuana. The decision, Curry v. MillerCoors,...
Firing an Employee v. Permitting Her to Resign
I collect books of aphorisms. Maybe I find myself out of wisdom and need a quick transfusion, or because I like the rhetoric of a good aphorism. More likely than not, it’s because life -- and the workplace within it -- usually is not black and white. Aphorisms help...