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Rupert Murdoch’s media empire battle: Legal experts explain all about trusts

Work Life

The legal dispute played out behind closed doors for months, and it might have stayed there if the Times hadn’t obtained a sealed court document shedding light on the conflict. The people who hold the legal title to the property in the trust are called “trustees.”

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Artificial intelligence (AI) at work: What you need to know

Insperity

Legal exposure When writing company policy or creating any documentation with legal ramifications, it’s important to ensure that all information obtained from an AI tool is accurate and up to date – otherwise, it could expose your company to liability. The well-known phrase “garbage in, garbage out” comes to mind.)

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Marijuana in the workplace – What employers need to know

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Attitudes toward marijuana are shifting, and for multi-state employers, different state marijuana laws can make it challenging to enforce a company’s drug policy across an entire organization. Virgin Islands have legislated laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Since 2012, 33 states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

Mad in America

The Radical CRPD The most radical element in the WHO’s 2021 document was its embrace of the 2008 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a governing principle for radical reform. Denial of legal capacity, coercive practices and institutionalization must end.

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Employee benevolence programs: What are they, and why do they matter?

Insperity

It isn’t best practice for employers to be in a decision-making role when an employee comes forward with a request for financial support. A set of guidelines should govern how your employee benevolence program operates. credit card payments, legal fees)? Choose a nonprofit partner. Develop the program guidelines.

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There’s a happiness gap at work. Here’s what we learned from leaders in Finland and Denmark, the happiest countries in the world

Work Life

We recently spoke with business, academic, and government leaders in Finland and Denmark, the top two happiest countries in the world , about how enacted values impact workplace happiness. There, transparency begins at the topmost levels of government. Can workers be happy and trust their leaders?

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8 reasons leaders self-sabotage

Work Life

It is often at the very height of their careers that leaders become the most vulnerable to ethical, moral, or legal lapses in judgment or decision-making. They often begin to operate outside of the norms and rules that have governed their actions so far (and which have helped them to achieve their of success).