When envisioning the medical care hierarchy, it’s imperative not to think solely in terms of physicians and nurses. Indeed, there are many other skilled professionals within this structure that play an absolutely vital role in patient care, particularly nurse practitioners. For those unfamiliar with the role played by nurse practitioners, they are highly trained nurses …
While most of us would prefer to think otherwise, the unfortunate reality is that statistics routinely show that women earn less money than their male counterparts across multiple industries here in the U.S. In fact, a recently published study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that this discrepancy in earnings even …
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News of a pregnancy is typically met with great joy, multiple rounds of congratulations and, of course, nervous excitement on the part of friends and family. Unfortunately, employers may not share this same enthusiasm and may even resort to discriminatory practices upon hearing the news. For instance, a pregnant employee may see her hours suddenly …
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In a series of ongoing posts, our blog has been discussing how the prospect of addressing complex estate administration issues — particularly the probate process — in the weeks after the passing of a friend or family member can seem especially daunting. As such, we’ve been providing basic background information on probate in Minnesota in …
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Last time, our blog discussed how once the euphoria associated with landing a new job wears off, a person should perhaps take some time to educate themselves about the wage laws in their state in order to protect themselves from possible exploitation by their employer. In keeping with this idea, we started discussing some basic …
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There is perhaps no better feeling than getting a phone call from an employer offering you a job. While part of this is because the job will provide you with a stable income and maybe even benefits, another part is that it stands as a sort of validation of all of your hard work leading …
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Even though we are now two months into 2015, there are likely many New Year’s resolutions that you have yet to fulfill. Perhaps you haven’t made it into the gym quite as often as you vowed or gotten around to cleaning up the basement clutter that has become an eyesore On a more transactional — …
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