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Mitratech Holdings, Inc

4 Legal Hold Tips We’re Grateful for This November

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Dive into the do’s and don’ts of data preservation, custodianship, legal hold release expectations, and more. It is the season of giving thanks, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the tips and tricks that...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: August 2023

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Our August update includes cases on the (discriminatory) harassment of a gender critical employee, a case in which a dismissing officer was not present at a dismissal meeting, and a case where a tribunal reached the unusual...more

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Trends in Canadian Wrongful Dismissal Cases

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How Recent Decisions Signal a Potentially Expanded Approach to Aggravated and Punitive Damages - Two recent decisions: Moffatt v Prospera Credit Union [Moffat], from the British Columbia Supreme Court, and Russell v The...more

Butler Snow LLP

Court Blows the Whistle on Sevierville Police Officer's TPPA Claims

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Under the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA), also known as the “whistleblower statute,” it is unlawful to fire an employee “solely for refusing to participate in, or for refusing to remain silent about, illegal...more

Littler

UK: From Alcoholism to Exhibitionism—When the Law Says a Condition is Not a Disability

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Although many HR professionals in the United Kingdom who deal with disability discrimination issues are all too familiar with the legal definition of a “disability” in the Equality Act 2010, many are unaware of the various...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Don’t Ignore the Kissing Supervisor—Court Rules that Employer’s Knowledge of Past Behavior Negates Faragher-Ellerth Defense

Employment lawyers and most HR professionals are familiar with the Faragher-Ellerth defense to a claim of sexual harassment. In short, if an employer can show that (1) it exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct...more

Fisher Phillips

Protecting Employees From Patient Harassment: It’s No Laughing Matter

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“Claims of sexual harassment typically involve the behavior of fellow employees. But not always.” So begins a recent opinion from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that illustrates the dangers of failing to take an employee’s...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

HR Generalist’s Threat To Bring In Union Not Protected, NLRB Rules

One of the most interesting things about labor relations is the unusual situations human resources professionals have to deal with on a day to day basis. If you are at a cocktail party with a human resources professional, ask...more

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