By Robert Smithson
Complying with human rights obligations relating to employees suffering the disease of addiction is a challenge for human resources professionals. The challenge...
By Robert Smithson
In Auckland, New Zealand a recent news item told the story of Vicki Walker who was fired from her job, in part,...
By Robert Smithson
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has reported that, at the time of a recent mid-air collision between an airplane and a...
By Robert Smithson
In employment law circles, the terms “enticement” or “inducement” refer to the more aggressive methods by which an employer will woo an...
By Robert Smithson
If asked, “Do you consent to being assaulted at work?” the great majority of employees would undoubtedly answer, “No.” In some workplaces,...
By Robert Smithson
When it comes to the workplace, it’s fair to say the employer has the authority to take some liberties in monitoring the...
By Robert Smithson
It seems, from my perspective, to have become fashionable for employees to publish critical comments about their employer (or former employer) on...
By Robert Smithson
Employment lawyers commonly advise employers who are asking how to eliminate personal relationships between employees. That result is likely one which is...
