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To North Carolina Governmental Employers: Heads-Up – "Unreasonable Employee Discipline" Can Now Get You Sued

Written By Grant B. Osborne

No good deed goes unpunished. Little did City of Durham Police Sergeant Michael Mole' know, in his first crack at negotiating on his own the surrender of an armed and barricaded suspect, that he would be fired because he …

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Busy as a Bee: LARPing a day in the life of HR

Written By Hayley R. Wells

Three Ward and Smith labor and employment attorneys walked through a series of challenging, real-world scenarios that many employers are facing. The webinar, part of Ward and Smith’s 2021 Virtual Employment Law Symp…

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Understanding Attorney-Client Privilege

Written By Jordan M. Spanner

Attorney-client privilege.  Most people have heard of it, and most have a general idea of what it means.  But what, exactly, is attorney-client privilege?  What's its purpose?  What does it cover? …

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Show Me The Money! Wage and Hour Requirements Applied to COVID-19 Testing Time

Written By Will Oden

Recently, several of our clients have asked us whether they are required to compensate their employees for time spent going for the COVID-19 test. Fortunately, the United States Department of Labor ("USDOL") has issued so…

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WOTUS Whiplash

Written By Amy P. Wang

The ongoing saga of how to define "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) continues.  In this latest installment, we have, in effect, time-traveled back to 2008.  The United States Environmental Protection Agency …

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To Meet (In Person) or Not To Meet (In Person)…That is the Question: North Carolina Makes Permanent the Ability for Community Associations To Meet and Vote Virtually

Written By Madeline Lipe Williams and Amy H. Wooten

The past 19 months have been a challenging time.  As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, many precautions and restrictions were put in place to prevent the transmission and spread of COVID-19, including executive o…

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