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Make My Day business law that would protect use of deadly force in workplace advances in Colorado

Ross Arrowsmith — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:48 +0000

from The Washington Post Colorado takes pride in its Western entrepreneurial spirit — and that extends to the belief of some lawmakers that business owners should be able to use deadly force against anyone who tries to take what’s theirs. It’s an idea that conjures Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, and its supporters have taken liberties …

Tools For Responding to a Newly Armed Workforce

Ross Arrowsmith — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:20:44 +0000

By Jeffrey S. Beck, Inside Indiana Business As a result, many employers enacted policies requiring employees bringing guns to work to disclose them or face discipline. As of July 1, 2011, the legislature revised the statute to also ban employers from requiring such disclosure. Employers cannot prevent employees from keeping guns in their vehicles on …

Texas Gun Law Adds New Level of Vigilance for Employers

Ross Arrowsmith — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:27:19 +0000

By Matthew Heller, Workforce Management As a result of a new law, Texas employers have been amending their workplace violence policies so employees can store legally owned guns in their vehicles while they are at work. The law, which went into effect Sept. 1, is intended to provide extra security for commuters who drive through …

New TX Law: Parking Lot Packing at Work

Ross Arrowsmith — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:06:06 +0000

By Sally MacDonald, MyFoxHouston.com It’s an explosive new law. Starting Thursday most Texas businesses must allow their employees to bring guns to work. The law allows Texans to keep firearms and ammunition in their locked cars while at work and bans employers from setting policies that prohibit them. Employers can still prohibit people from carrying …

Senate OKs letting Texans keep guns in car at work

Ross Arrowsmith — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:27:32 +0000

from The Houston Chronicle Texans would be allowed to keep firearms and ammunition in their cars and trucks while they are at work, under a bill approved Tuesday by the state Senate over the objections of business groups. The bill would ban employers from setting policies that prohibit guns from their parking lots. It is …

Tenn. bill establishes that employers allowing guns in businesses is not a workplace hazard

Ross Arrowsmith — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:16:10 +0000

from Canadian Business A measure that would provide liability protection for employers who choose to allow guns to be carried in their workplace is headed for a full House vote. The proposal sponsored by Republican Rep. Vance Dennis of Savannah passed the House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee 10-2 on Tuesday and is now waiting …

Wyoming House backs allowing guns in cars at work

Ross Arrowsmith — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:10:21 +0000

from Bloomberg Businessweek Wyoming employers would lose the ability to prohibit workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at their workplace under a bill that passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The House voted 36-23 in favor of a bill sponsored by Rep. Sam Krone, R-Cody. The bill now goes to the Senate. …

Gun bill would expand owners’ rights

Ross Arrowsmith — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:54:19 +0000

By Erin E. O’Neill, The Marietta Times On the heels of Senate Bill 239, a proposal which would allow concealed-carry permit holders to take a loaded gun into a restaurant that serves alcohol, another piece of legislation is in the works in the Ohio House which would give more rights to employees who are gun …

State says guns-in-bars law does not create workplace hazard

Ross Arrowsmith — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:39:14 +0000

By Nate Rau, The Tennessean A state inspector rejected a Nashville server’s complaint alleging the mixture of guns and alcohol creates an unsafe workplace at Jackson’s Bar and Bistro. Citing the fact that few violent incidents have occurred at Jackson’s in recent years, an inspector with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled last …

Bredesen agrees with latest guns-in-bars challenge

Ross Arrowsmith — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:34:32 +0000

from TheDailyTimes.com Governor Phil Bredesen on Tuesday voiced support for a Nashville waiter’s claim that a new law allowing guns in bars creates an unsafe workplace. The Democratic governor told The Associated Press that while he’s not familiar with the details of the complaint, he supports the effort to challenge the law allowing handgun carry …