Last time, we looked briefly at a recently settled Minnesota case involving severance agreements in the Minneapolis Public School District. As we noted, about 50 district employees were required to sign the legally precarious agreements over the last 2 ½ years. In that case, the EEOC made it clear that requiring employees to waive their …
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Diversity in the workplace is not some narrow thing that just involves one or two factors. Rather, how diverse a given workplace is is affected by a range of different things. However, some aspects of workplace diversity tend not to get the same amount of attention from employers as others. Experts and survey data suggest …
One of the important issues for employees to be aware of is that they have rights when it comes to termination. These rights vary depending on the state you live in and any contractual agreements that may exist between the employee and the employer. All employees have protection from termination based on illegal grounds such …
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The ability to take job-protected, paid sick leave is something that many people take for granted, given that they work at companies with progressive policies. It is not a benefit that many workers have, though. We have previously written on this blog about the growing trend of companies improving their paid sick leave offerings. In …
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In our last post, we began looking at the recent disciplinary action taken against taken against a Minnesota doctor for his treatment of a patient that committed suicide after being released from group home care. As we noted, the doctor agreed with the state medical board to complete various requirements before his license—placed on conditional …
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We have previously looked at the issue of opioid over-prescription on this blog. As we’ve noted, it is a growing area of concern, and one which state professional boards are increasingly addressing. For example, at the end of July, a Minnesota doctor was disciplined in a case involving a patient who overdosed on medication. The …
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In our last post, we began looking at the issue of racial profiling in the physician discipline process as it is making news out in California. As we noted, a group of African American doctors is calling attention to the disproportionate discipline of such doctors, and the negative impact this has on medical care in …
Racial profiling in law enforcement is certainly an important issue nowadays, and law enforcement agencies and the public are well aware of it. Racial profiling has been defined different ways, but the Minnesota legislature has defined it to be any action taken by law enforcement which is based on a criminal suspect’s race, ethnicity or …