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Wrongful Termination
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Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Can Public Employment Statutes Support Greeley claims? James Miracle v. Ohio Department of Veterans’ Services and Office of the Governor.
Update: On August 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read the analysis of the argument here. On…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Federal Court Jury Finds for Employee
A woman who sued Southwest Research Institute was awarded $410,000 by a federal court jury here in San Antonio. The jury found in her favor. I previously wrote about her…
Canadian Fraud Law
Tangled Weeds: Fiduciary Status in a Criminal Fraud Not Determinative in Employment Litigation?
By Mark Ellis
Surprisingly, evidently not. Briefly the facts in Plate v. Atlas Copco Canada Inc., 2019 ONCA 196: an Executive in the role of Vice President Global Strategic Customers was terminated for…
CEB Blog
7 Things to Include in a Grievance Policy
An internal grievance procedure can be an effective tool for preventing wrongful termination lawsuits. Most employers have some form of grievance procedure in place, but few are used by employees…
California Employment Law Report
End of employment issues for California employers
The process of separating an employee from a company must be clearly set out and planned in advance. I recommend developing a separation checklist so that all of the company’s…
SC Employers’ Blog
When Social Media, Politics and the Workplace Collide
By Denny Major
Nowadays we are constantly bombarded with news of events that arouse our political views. Social media both perpetuates these events and provides a platform for virtually anyone to express their…
Dutton Employment Law Blog
Wrongful Dismissal Examples
Wrongful Dismissal Definition Wrongful dismissal means a claim made by an employee that their employer has breached their employment agreement with regard to those terms and conditions concerning employment termination.…
Global Workplace Insider
More uncertainty follows the Italian Constitutional Court’s partial repeal of the Jobs Act
Thanks to the passage of the Dignity Decree by the Italian Parliament last summer and the recent decision of Italy’s Constitutional Court, the employment law regime in Italy has changed…
Labor & Employment Report
RIFs Are Not the Easy Solution for Problem Employees
By Fiona W. Ong
Some employers view a reduction in force as an apparently easy and clean way to get rid of employees they do not want – like poor performers, who have not…
Worker Employment & Overtime Pay Rights
Wrongful Termination
At Will Employment & Wrongful Termination Wrongful Termination is a misunderstood concept. Many states, like Texas, are at-will employment states. This means that, absent an agreement otherwise, a worker’s employment…