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Of Head Taxes, Income Taxes, And Distributive Justice In American Health Care, Lawrence Zelenak
Of Head Taxes, Income Taxes, And Distributive Justice In American Health Care, Lawrence Zelenak
Law and Contemporary Problems
Havighurst and Richman have made an important contribution by uncovering ways in which the current system of health care financing, including the income-tax treatment of employer-provided health insurance, has disturbing distributional effects.
Employers Beware: The Missouri Court Of Appeals Takes A Bit Out Of The Employment At-Will Doctrine, Daniel P. O'Donnell Jr.
Employers Beware: The Missouri Court Of Appeals Takes A Bit Out Of The Employment At-Will Doctrine, Daniel P. O'Donnell Jr.
Missouri Law Review
In Dunn v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co., the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri held that Thomas P. Dunn had presented sufficient evidence to state a cause of action for wrongful discharge for refusing to engage in conduct and for reporting conduct which he reasonably believed violated federal securities laws. Dunn continued Missouri's trend of expanding the availability of wrongful discharge actions to at-will employees terminated in contravention of public policy by merely requiring that the employee "reasonably believe" the instances at issue violate the law. This Note argues that the Eastern District was correct in extending the …
Victimizing The Abused?: Is Termination The Solution When Domestic Violence Comes To Work?, Nicole Buonocore Porter
Victimizing The Abused?: Is Termination The Solution When Domestic Violence Comes To Work?, Nicole Buonocore Porter
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Part I of this article will discuss domestic violence, explaining the dynamics of domestic violence in an effort to shed light on why it is so difficult for a battered woman to leave the abusive relationship. This understanding is necessary for a sensitive and informed decision-making process. This Part will also discuss the magnitude of the effect that domestic violence has on the workplace. Part II will discuss a company's potential legal liability for: (a) wrongfully terminating the employee-victim and (b) failing to protect other employees (including, perhaps, the employee-victim herself) if the company does not terminate the employee-victim and …
Contractual Waivers Of A Right To Jury Trial - Another Opinion, Brian D. Weber
Contractual Waivers Of A Right To Jury Trial - Another Opinion, Brian D. Weber
Cleveland State Law Review
It is well-settled that arbitration in the employment context is favored by the courts, and that there is a federal policy favoring arbitration agreements, in general. However, jury waivers outside of arbitration in the employment context are still a relatively novel idea in some jurisdictions, despite the fact that an arbitration agreement itself inherently prevents the employee from having a jury trial. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the Ohio Supreme Court, have yet to determine if jury waivers in employment contracts are binding. This paper will assess contractual jury trial waivers in the employment context as …