dis Employer Zero-Tolerance Marijuana Policy Justified Termination, Federal District Court Agrees By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:59:51 +0000 A recent federal court decision agreed an Illinois employer had the right to enforce a zero-tolerance policy on marijuana use. Off-the-job marijuana use can trigger employee discipline so long as it is not unreasonable or discriminatory. Full Article
dis Employer Zero-Tolerance Marijuana Policy Justified Termination, Federal District Court Agrees By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:53:20 +0000 Grant Goerke and Jennifer Chierek Znosko discuss a recent federal court decision that agreed an Illinois employer had the right to enforce a zero-tolerance policy on marijuana use. Westlaw Today View (Subscription required) Full Article
dis Labor Unions and Campus Protests: A Moderated Legal Discussion By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2024 21:24:07 +0000 Full Article
dis Are Outside HR Professionals Necessary in Discrimination Cases? By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:10:46 +0000 Mark Phillis discusses the practice of looking to HR professionals to testify in court and conduct workplace investigations. Bloomberg BNA Human Resources Report View Article Full Article
dis Navigating Montana’s Laws Regarding Vaccination Status and Discrimination and WDEA Claims By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:33:29 +0000 Full Article
dis The Labor Dept. Wants to Revise a Trump-Era Policy on Handling of Discrimination Claims Against Contractors By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:23:41 +0000 David Goldstein talks about some differences as the Labor Department proposes changes to a Trump-era rule that it says “undermined” how it handles and resolves discrimination claims by federal contractors. Government Executive View Full Article
dis Court finds employers' discretion in awarding bonuses must be exercised fairly By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:23:20 +0000 Rhonda B. Levy and George Vassos discuss an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that puts employers on notice that their discretion in awarding bonuses is not unconstrained and must be exercised fairly and reasonably. Human Resources Director Canada View (Subscription required.) Full Article
dis Litigation Strategies to Defend Against Claims of AI Discrimination By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:46:28 +0000 Full Article
dis High Court to Review Standard Applied to ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Cases By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:46:32 +0000 Alyesha Asghar and Julian G.G. Wolfson explain “background circumstances,” which are required as evidence in cases of reverse discrimination, and the implications for employers and IE&D. Wolters Kluwer View (Subscription required) Full Article
dis 7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:32:18 +0000 Paul Weiner, Denise Backhouse and Gretchen Marty explain how the legal and technical matters of e-discovery are prominent in lawsuits and in the legal industry as a whole. Law360 View (Subscription required.) Full Article
dis Artificial intelligence risks dominate Davos discussions By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:40:51 +0000 Deborah Margolis, Jan-Ove Becker and Stephan Swinkels discuss AI’s impact on the global economy and the workforce. International Employment Lawyer View (Subscription required.) Full Article
dis Australia Aims to Give Employees the Right to Disconnect By www.littler.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:23:50 +0000 Australia’s Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2024, passed a bill that would prevent an employer from contacting employees outside of work hours. The bill gives the employee the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, from an employer outside of the employee’s working hours without fear of being penalized, unless the employee’s refusal is unreasonable. Full Article
dis The Risks Of Employee Political Discourse On Social Media By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:15:02 +0000 Bradford Kelley and James McGehee discuss the potential risks for employers when employees use social media for political purposes. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
dis EHRC race discrimination fund supported 27 cases in 2022/23 By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:32:13 +0000 In light of news that the EHRC legal support scheme funded only 27 race discrimination cases during 2022-23, Philip Cameron and Lisa Cameron say it’s important that legal support schemes continue to support litigants in employment discrimination cases. Personnel Today View Full Article
dis Day 1 Unfair Dismissal Right Risks Diversity And Justice Aims By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:49:45 +0000 Ben Smith discusses a UK proposal to abolish the two-year qualifying period for employees to bring an unfair dismissal claim against their employer. Law 360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
dis Employers in Europe struggling to manage political discussions at work By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:51:38 +0000 Stephan Swinkels and Jan-Ove Becker discuss workplace issues that European employers are struggling with, including geopolitical events, political debates and LGBTQ+ rights. Human Resources Director Asia View Full Article
dis An Accidental Outcome? Alex MacDonald returns to discuss how the NLRA’s success has resulted in fewer unions & what might happen under a new administration in DC By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:01:27 +0000 Alex MacDonald discusses his article “The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law About Unions Achieved Its Goals by Giving Us Fewer Unions” on a podcast. Labor Union News Listen Full Article
dis Right To Disconnect Plan May Erode Firms' Long-Hours Culture By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:32:09 +0000 Ben Smith and Maya Beauville say the UK government's softened plan to grant employees the right to disconnect out of hours is unlikely to change the legal sector's entrenched long-hour culture anytime soon. Law360 View (Subscription required) Full Article
dis ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:28:03 GMT ETSI launches IoT ontology for automotive, eHealth, wearables and water distribution Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2020 The ETSI SmartM2M technical committee is pleased to confirm it has extended its IoT SAREF ontology with four new sectors addressing the automotive, eHealth/Ageing-well, wearable and water domains. The Smart Applications REFerence (SAREF) ontology is intended to enable interoperability between solutions from different providers and within various activity sectors in the Internet of Things (IoT), thus contributing to the development of the global digital market. SmartM2M has already developed six extensions, now supplemented with these four new specifications. Read More... Full Article
dis New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:59:47 GMT New ETSI White Paper on Enhanced DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments Sophia Antipolis, 8 September 2020 Today ETSI announces the publication of its White Paper on DNS Support in Distributed MEC Environments. DNS (Domain Name System) is a key infrastructure element in any distributed edge cloud as it is used to ensure that modern (i.e. URL/URI-based) services requests are resolved to the properly located service instances. The best instance may often be decided based on properties other than location, e.g., service latency, resource availability as well as the device identifier. Read More... Full Article
dis Draft of ETSI Coordinated vulnerability disclosure guide available for public comments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:07:17 GMT Draft of ETSI Coordinated vulnerability disclosure guide available for public comments Sophia Antipolis, 24 August 2021 ETSI will soon release a Guide to Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Before publication, it made the draft publicly available for comments. Please send your feedback by 15 September to the technical committee CYBER at cybersupport@etsi.org Read More... Full Article
dis ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:05:43 GMT ETSI publishes a white paper introducing Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) Sophia Antipolis, 24 January 2022 After the release of the first specification on smart contracts on 18 January, members from the ETSI PDL group published a White Paper entitled “An Introduction of Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL)”. Distributed ledgers have consolidated as one of the most disruptive applications of information technology that have appeared in recent years. Their ability to store any kind of data as a consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital records distributed across multiple sites, without depending on any central administrator, together with their properties regarding immutability (and therefore non-repudiation) and multi-party verifiability opens a wide range of applications. Read More... Full Article
dis ETSI releases Report on Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:24:03 GMT ETSI releases Report on Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure - Helping organizations fix security vulnerabilities Sophia Antipolis, 17 February 2022 ETSI has released on 27 January a Guide to Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. The Technical Report ETSI TR 103 838 will help companies and organizations of all sizes to implement a vulnerability disclosure process and fix vulnerability issues before they’re publicly disclosed. Read More... Full Article
dis New Extension for Disabled People to the ETSI Mobile Emergency App Framework By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:54:00 GMT New Extension for Disabled People to the ETSI Mobile Emergency App Framework Sophia Antipolis, 16 January 2023 The ETSI emergency communications technical committee has just released a specification for a Pan-European Mobile Emergency Application framework (PEMEA) Real-Time Text Extension. Real-Time Text (RTT) communications are used extensively by people with hearing and speech disabilities around the world. These systems convey letters as they are typed from the source to the destination. Read More... Full Article
dis ETSI releases World First Protection Profile for Quantum Key Distribution By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:58:49 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 27 April 2023 ETSI has just released a Protection Profile (PP) for the security evaluation of quantum key distribution (QKD) modules, ETSI GS QKD 016. This Protection Profile is a first and anticipates the need for quantum safe cryptography. The ETSI specification will help manufacturers to submit pairs of QKD modules for evaluation under a security certification process. Read More... Full Article
dis TeraFlowSDN Release 3 Provides a Cloud-based Network Automation Platform Featuring New Optical SDN Controller and Expanded Support for Disaggregated Networks By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:19:13 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 30 April 2024 The ETSI TeraFlowSDN community is proud to announce the third release of TeraFlowSDN, an innovative and robust SDN orchestrator and controller, delivering a fully featured Network Automation Platform. In this latest release, TeraFlowSDN enhances its capabilities with the integration of an Optical SDN controller, expanding device support to include gNMI and OpenConfig protocols. It also features enriched network integrations for end-to-end orchestration like IP over DWDM, L3VPN, MEC, and network topology exposure. The management of network topologies is improved with the addition of a new BGP-LS speaker able to discover the topologies, and a new Forecaster component is introduced, providing predictive insights for network management. These additions substantially augment the versatility and management capabilities of the TeraFlowSDN platform. Read More... Full Article
dis New York: Tanya Taylor - From McGill to Madison Avenue By www.alumni.mcgill.ca Published On :: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Starts: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:00:00 -050011/13/2024 06:00:00PMLocation: New York, U. S. A. Full Article
dis Are we doing it right? Promoting the human rights of children with disabilities By www.alumni.mcgill.ca Published On :: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Starts: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:30:00 -050011/28/2024 05:30:00PMLocation: Montreal, Canada Full Article
dis Detailed Data on Balance of Issuers in ninth Staff Review of Disclosure regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions By www.osc.ca Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:24:59 GMT Full Article
dis CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-317 - Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions - Year 10 Report By www.osc.ca Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:41:58 GMT This document is only available in PDF format. Full Article
dis Detailed Data on CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-317 Report on tenth Staff Review of Disclosure regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions By www.osc.ca Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:53:42 GMT Full Article
dis CSA Staff Notice 51-365 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 By www.osc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:52:57 GMT This document is only available in PDF format. Full Article
dis Policy Seminar | Debt Distress and the Right to Food in Africa By www.youtube.com Published On :: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 03:15:37 GMT Full Article
dis Canadian securities regulators publish report on continuous disclosure reviews By www.osc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:54:45 GMT TORONTO - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published its biennial Full Article
dis CSA provides update on binding dispute resolution By www.osc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:18:29 GMT TORONTO – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is providing an update to interested parties on the status of its work to introduce binding authority for an independent dispute resolution service. Full Article
dis SpotOn London 2013: Contract for interdisciplinary working By www.nature.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:53:59 +0000 In preparation for this year’s SpotOn London 2013 workshop, Interdisciplinary research: what can scientists, humanists Full Article Featured Guest Posts Policy #solo13hss
dis SpotOn London 2013 Panel discussion: What do you need to start a revolution? By www.nature.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:14:53 +0000 What do you need to put together a successful public campaign about science issues? This Full Article Outreach SpotOn London (#SoLo) #solo13
dis Miles Morales. Ultimate end / Brian Michael Bendis, writer ; artist, David Marquez, artist ; Justin Ponsor with Jason Keith, color artists ; VC's Cory Petit, letterer. By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: "Miles Morales, the Ultimate Universe's newest Spider-Man, is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! But now Miles must face with the worst nightmare of the Spider-Man legacy: Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin— the man who killed Peter Parker! Or did he … ? Even as new villains start coming out of the woodwork, Miles finds himself with— a girlfriend! Her name is Katie Bishop, but she has a secret … and it's bad news for Spider-Man! As Miles makes a life-changing decision, he discovers a mind-blowing truth about his family! But what does it have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Doctor Doom steps from the shadows and Spider-Man gathers the mighty Ultimates— but no matter what happens next, this might be the end of the world for Miles Morales!" -- Description provided by publisher. Full Article
dis CSA Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure, National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds, National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure, National Instrument 81 By www.osc.ca Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:33:03 GMT This document is available as PDF only. The following links go to sections in the PDF. Full Article
dis Tenable Research to Discuss Cloud Security Attack Techniques and Detection Strategies at fwd:cloudsec Europe 2024 By www.tenable.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:05:00 -0400 Tenable®, the exposure management company, announced today that Shelly Raban, senior cloud security researcher for Tenable, will give a presentation at fwd:cloudsec Europe 2024, taking place on 17 September, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.During the session titled, “Who Watches the Watchmen? Stealing Credentials from Policy-as-Code Engines (and Beyond),” Raban will explore techniques adversaries use to exploit modern policy-as-code and Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) domain-specific languages (DSLs), compromise cloud identities and exfiltrate sensitive data. Raban will conclude her presentation by sharing various detection strategies that cyber defenders can implement to detect malicious activity. The session will be hosted in the Main Room from 2:50 - 3:10 pm CEST. More information on the event is available on the fwd:cloudsec Europe website. More information about Tenable Cloud Security is available at: https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-cloud-security About TenableTenable® is the exposure management company, exposing and closing the cybersecurity gaps that erode business value, reputation and trust. The company’s AI-powered exposure management platform radically unifies security visibility, insight and action across the attack surface, equipping modern organizations to protect against attacks from IT infrastructure to cloud environments to critical infrastructure and everywhere in between. By protecting enterprises from security exposure, Tenable reduces business risk for more than 44,000 customers around the globe. Learn more at tenable.com. ###Media Contact:Tenabletenablepr@tenable.com Full Article
dis El Museo Guggenheim presenta “Armonía y disonancia: orfismo en París, 1910-1930” By theartwolf.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:02:01 +0000 El Museo Guggenheim presenta “Armonía y disonancia: orfismo en París, 1910-1930” Del 8 de noviembre... Full Article
dis Dear Lady Disdain / Paula Marshall. By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: Running Blanchard's Bank after her father's death was fulfilling for Anastasia but, even so, she felt there was something missing from her life. Problems with the branch in York, decided Stacy. She would go herself. But the November weather turned severe and, with her retinue, she sought refuge at Pontisford Hall. It was a nightmare! The Hall was in a parlous state, and the man she thought to be the butler turned out to be Matthew, Lord Radley. He was quite as forceful and autocratic as herself, and the sparks that flew during her enforced stay had repercussions that quite appalled her. Full Article
dis Dear Mendl, dear Reyzl : Yiddish letter manuals from Russia and America / Alice Nakhimovsky and Roberta Newman. By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates selections from these model-letter books and includes essays and annotations that illuminate their role as guides to a past culture. Full Article
dis Ncis: Los Angeles Season 12 disc 4 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The twelth season finds Callen and Sam continuing to take on dangerous, vital cases with international ties while working to find balance as they each try to maintain new and blossoming relationships. Also, Hetty finds a cryptic way to lure Nell back to NCIS, and Deeks and Kensi will take the big step of looking to purchase their first home as they continue to try to have a baby, which may need to take a backseat when Deeks finds himself sidelined from his job, and a case from Kensi’s past will put her life in jeopardy. Full Article
dis Ncis: Los Angeles Season 12 disc 5 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The twelth season finds Callen and Sam continuing to take on dangerous, vital cases with international ties while working to find balance as they each try to maintain new and blossoming relationships. Also, Hetty finds a cryptic way to lure Nell back to NCIS, and Deeks and Kensi will take the big step of looking to purchase their first home as they continue to try to have a baby, which may need to take a backseat when Deeks finds himself sidelined from his job, and a case from Kensi’s past will put her life in jeopardy. Full Article
dis Ncis: New Orleans Final Season disc 2 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The seventh season finds Pride and the team fighting for justice in their beloved city as New Orleans grapples with the effects of COVID-19. Pride, seeing how the pandemic has overwhelmed the system, finds creative ways to help his neighbors with the assistance of Rita Devereaux, and is asked by the Mayor to be a part of a special task force assigned to help make actual change in their city. Also, Wade is overwhelmed by the high volume in the morgue due to COVID-19, Hannah shoulders being separated from her daughter, and Tammy and Carter investigate a suspicious death aboard a humanitarian ship offshore, where they learn that some crew members are infected with the deadly virus. Full Article
dis Ncis: New Orleans Final Season disc 3 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The seventh season finds Pride and the team fighting for justice in their beloved city as New Orleans grapples with the effects of COVID-19. Pride, seeing how the pandemic has overwhelmed the system, finds creative ways to help his neighbors with the assistance of Rita Devereaux, and is asked by the Mayor to be a part of a special task force assigned to help make actual change in their city. Also, Wade is overwhelmed by the high volume in the morgue due to COVID-19, Hannah shoulders being separated from her daughter, and Tammy and Carter investigate a suspicious death aboard a humanitarian ship offshore, where they learn that some crew members are infected with the deadly virus. Full Article
dis Ncis: New Orleans Final Season disc 4 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The seventh season finds Pride and the team fighting for justice in their beloved city as New Orleans grapples with the effects of COVID-19. Pride, seeing how the pandemic has overwhelmed the system, finds creative ways to help his neighbors with the assistance of Rita Devereaux, and is asked by the Mayor to be a part of a special task force assigned to help make actual change in their city. Also, Wade is overwhelmed by the high volume in the morgue due to COVID-19, Hannah shoulders being separated from her daughter, and Tammy and Carter investigate a suspicious death aboard a humanitarian ship offshore, where they learn that some crew members are infected with the deadly virus. Full Article
dis Ncis: New Orleans Final Season disc 5 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: The seventh season finds Pride and the team fighting for justice in their beloved city as New Orleans grapples with the effects of COVID-19. Pride, seeing how the pandemic has overwhelmed the system, finds creative ways to help his neighbors with the assistance of Rita Devereaux, and is asked by the Mayor to be a part of a special task force assigned to help make actual change in their city. Also, Wade is overwhelmed by the high volume in the morgue due to COVID-19, Hannah shoulders being separated from her daughter, and Tammy and Carter investigate a suspicious death aboard a humanitarian ship offshore, where they learn that some crew members are infected with the deadly virus. Full Article
dis Seal Team Season 4 disc 2 By library.gcpl.lib.oh.us Published On :: Season four finds Bravo Team up against some of the biggest obstacles yet, both on and off the battlefield. Jason Hayes wrestles with the toll of his long career as a Special Operator and struggles to guide an evolving Bravo Team. Also, Ray Perry delves into the world of Special Activities, and Clay Spenser and Sonny Quinn face unexpected crossroads in their personal lives. Full Article