Month: December 2015

Last time, we began speaking about the importance of understanding one’s rights as an employee when it comes to family/medical leave. As we noted, family/medical leave protections exist at both the state and federal level. While there is a trend of companies...

Readers who pay attention to the news may have noticed that there has been a lot of talk lately about family leave. As one writer has put it, there is something of an “arms race” to offer employees better leave benefits. Companies like Netflix, Spotify,...

One of the important ways technology has impacted medical care is through the practice of telemedicine. The term refers to the practice of health care at a distance by means of telecommunication and information technology, and it is a growing area of demand,...

Last time, we began speaking about a measure Governor Scott Walker recently signed into law which makes the state of Wisconsin a party to an agreement allowing physicians to participate in a unified multi-state licensure process. As we noted last time, the measure...

Minnesota physicians who also practice over in Wisconsin may have heard that Governor Scott Walker sign into law earlier this week a measure aimed at reducing the time and costs doctors from other states face in order to gain admittance to practice medicine in...

Last time, we began speaking about the general doctrine of at-will employment and various limitations on the rule from a common law and statutory standpoint. Here in Minnesota, the doctrine of at-will employment is fairly robust, and is only limited by what is deemed...

For the vast majority of people, work is a necessary means of survival. Even people who enjoy what they do day in and day out still continue to work, to some extent, because they have to pay the bills. This is why, for most people, it is difficult to think about the...