In our last post, we began speaking about arbitration agreements in employment disputes, pointing out the potential bias toward employers in arbitration and the lack of protections for employees. On the latter point, one of the issues that can come up is the lack of access to discovery, which is the process by which parties …
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We previously wrote about a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a foundation associated with Minnesota-based hearing aid manufacturer Starkey Laboratories. The basis of that lawsuit is the alleged wrongful termination of an employee who reported concerns about the legality of the foundations reporting of charitable activities, among other things. Former Starkey president Jerry Ruzicka has also …
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We’ve been looking in our last couple posts at the issue of workplace retaliation and protections in the state of Minnesota for workers who’ve been subjected to retaliation on the job. Protections also exist at the federal level, as well, as we’ve noted. One of the challenging aspects of retaliation cases is that it is …
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Last time, we spoke about an out-of-state lawsuit filed involving a Minnesota company accused of engaging in retaliatory termination of an employee. As we noted, employee protections against retaliation exist at both the federal and state level, particularly in the area of employment discrimination. Here in Minnesota, the Human Rights Act prohibits employers from engaging …
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One of the areas where litigation can pop up in employment law is when an employee is subjected to unfair treatment as a result of reporting unethical or illegal activities in the workplace. Legal protections do exist for employees who take steps to expose wrongdoing, and it is important for employees to be aware of …
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Last time, we began discussing the overuse of medical scanning, particularly CT scans, and concerns about long-term risks for patients. At present, there is no consensus as to the degree of risk of diagnostic scanning, and some feel that any such risk is far outweighed by the benefits. Some studies, though, have drawn a correlation …
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Many of our readers have, at some point, been subjected to a CT scan in the course of medical care. According to the Mayo Clinic, CT scanning has many uses, but is especially suited to scanning for internal injuries other types of trauma. Such scanning allows doctors to diagnose muscle and bone disorders, pinpoint tumors, …
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