What a year 2017 was for employment law, with sexual harassment, LGBTQ rights and medical marijuana grabbing the headlines. And five of the top employment law bloggers on Thursday discussed what those headlines mean for employers.

While noting the high profile of sexual harassment cases recently, Robin Shea advised employers “not to freak out.” Shea is a partner at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and author of the Employment & Labor Insider blog,