Marijuana has been and is presently classified as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), defined as having high abuse potential with no accepted medical use (Schedule...

The suit alleges HR upheld disputed write-ups, then fired him on vacation A Lowe's project manager says he was fired after taking paternity leave — and the trail of write-ups, he alleges, began wit...

Was he a whistleblower – or just doing his job? The court had a clear answer A Texas school administrator who reported alleged child abuse was fired – and just lost his federal retaliation lawsuit ...

The employee kept HR informed, but that wasn't what the policy required A forklift driver who missed three consecutive night shifts because his car broke down was dismissed for job abandonment and ...

Investigation failures cost this university dearly – here's what HR teams need to know A lecturer fired for sexual misconduct was reinstated. The reason: the university's investigation denied him t...

Aligning pay with value of work fundamental to retention, recruitment, maximizing skills: experts Progress on pay equity is real, but slow and profoundly uneven. That’s the message from the Ontario...

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Tuesday, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced the introduction of the Whistleblower Protection and Privacy Act (AB 2021). The landmark legislation, introduced in partnership with the California P...

High court ruling exposes negligence risk hiding in specialist technical roles Pregnant, pressured and still liable: a Hong Kong court has ruled that workload and pregnancy are no defence when prof...