Effective discipline is designed to help employees improve their performance, not punish them. It is based on just cause, which means that an employer has sufficient reason to take disciplinary action ...

On January 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision clarifying the applicable standard employers must meet in cases involving exemptions under the Fair Labor ...

In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Cabrera, issued on January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the “preponderance of the evidence” standard—and not the more difficult-to-satisfy “clear and convincing ...

The standard of proof shall be whether the BCCI has established the commission of the alleged anti-doping rule violation to the comfortable satisfaction of the Anti-Doping Tribunal, bearing in mind ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the validity of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) rules raising the standard of proof in ...

In April of last year, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights made clear its stance that when colleges assess Title IX-related complaints on their campuses, including those ...

Georgetown University modified its Code of Student Conduct, a document that details the university’s regulations and the adjudication process for student violations, for the Fall 2024 semester, ...

On Aug. 14, 2020, the Maryland Court of Appeals clarified the standard of evidence required to shelter a child to the Department of Social Services in Child In Need of Assistance (“CINA”) proceedings.

The UNAT noted that the staff member publicly engaged in acts of a sexual nature in a clearly marked United Nations vehicle, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host ...