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  • Your Health Matters: 5 Ways Reading Improves Your Health

    Booktalk November 5th, 2015 Book lovers know there’s no feeling like getting lost in a great book. Page after page seems to fly by as you get more and more entrenched in the plot and character development. It’s almost as if you’re in the scenes and participating in the outcome.What you may not realize, however, is…

  • Is Hitting the Snooze Button Bad for You?

    Published on Oct 03, 2017 by Alex Mitchell   Do you have an “as needed” relationship with your Snooze Button? Is it one of those relationships that every now and then, you call in a favor and it lets you get in a few extra minutes on Monday morning when you were up too late watching Game of…

  • Is it Legal? Fired Over a Bottle of OJ

    Knee-Jerk Firing Leads to $250K Verdict for Cashier Sept. 20,2016 by Tom D’Agostino   A national “small box” discount chain isn’t getting off cheaply for firing a diabetic cashier over a $1.69 bottle of orange juice.  A jury found Dollar General liable for $27,565 in back pay and $250,000 in compensatory damages because the actions…

  • Is it Legal? Derogatory Remarks Can Get You Fired

    Why This Single Slur Justified Employment Termination August 7, 2017 by Tom D’Agostino Sometimes an employee deserves a second chance.  That’s where progressive discipline comes in. It helps deter employees from repeatedly violating the rules by allowing them to be disciplined incrementally. It’s Not a Right But the ruling in The Matter of Hendrickson reminds public safety…

  • Is it Legal?  Courts Allow Counselor to Proceed with State Whistleblower Law Claim

    Employee: ‘My Criticism Was Legit, But I Got Fired for It’ October 25, 2017 by: Tom D’Agostino Just what did she say, and why was she let go?  A federal court held a probationary Pennsylvania counselor could proceed with some of her claims against school officials whom she accused of recommending her dismissal in retaliation…