1993

Procedural Background: The case of Robert Holloway (the appellee) and Faw, Casson & Co. (the appellant) was first heard in the Circuit Court where the noncompetition clause was reviewed and modified and the case was later heard in the Court of Appeals of Maryland were monetary damages was sorted out. Facts: Robert Holloway used to work at Faw, Cason & Co. at their Salisbury address until he decided to withdrawal from the partnership to pursue another accounting firm (Twilley & Rommel). Which…

Paid Maternity Leave In Florida 2016 Most of the states in all over the world have their own laws offering the pregnant women and the new parent’s rights to get the time off, on the other hand, the Florida state is not with them. Expecting the new parents in the Florida state can still entitled to the lave under FMLA (Federal Family and Medical Leave Act). The employees who are the pregnancies are to be protected from discrimination under FMLA (Federal Family and Medical Leave Act) which can…

due process forces the employer to give notice of adverse action. It gives the employee a certain time frame to respond to the adverse action notice. Also in the state of Virginia after a review of the case is made, the employee has an option of full review of the case if there is evidence of wrongful adverse action. There is a lot of variation in the adjudication process. It seems that every state has their process. One of the biggest variations for the state of California is the time…

The company was founded more than 35 years ago and now boasts 1,300 employees and $275 million per year in sales. From the beginning, Chouinard and his wife and business partner, Malinda, declared that they would establish a business only on their own terms of environmental preservation above all else. Unlike in many businesses where employees often leave their true personalities at the door to conform to business policies, at Patagonia Chouinard wants employees to retain who they are at all…

The Family Medical Leave Act permits qualified employees of a covered employer to take off from the job for specified family and medical purposes while their position at work is safeguarded. The employee takes the leave with continuous health insurance coverage, with all the same terms and conditions, just as if the employee was still at work (Gómez-Mejía et al. 2016). For the law enforcement officials, they must be employed at the job for twelve months with one thousand two hundred and fifty…

storytelling can change the world (National Geographic). It began as an amateur scientific organization in 1888 by Gardiner Greene Hubbard and went on to become the largest scientific-educational institution in the world (Lutz and Collins 1993:16). According to Lutz and Collins (1993:16), the National Geographic Society was influenced by several historical trends such as the emergence of mass journalism, distinct academic disciplines, development of photoengraving technology, and the most…

Humans have been searching for the point of difference between ourselves and other animal species for centuries. Most recently, it was suggested that one of the decisive factors was language. Conversely, a study published by Fourth Estate in 1993 entitled The Great Ape Project; Equality Beyond Humanity contained a piece by Dr. Francine Patterson and Wendy Gordon called The Case for the Personhood of Gorillas. This article was based on research gathered when working with a pair of lowland…

(Portes and Zhou 1993: 82). There are factors that determine the vulnerability of a group’s downward assimilation. These are their skin color, location, and the absence of mobility ladders (Portes and Zhou 1993: 83). It is shown that European immigrants hold advantages over immigrants of color thanks to their overwhelming whiteness managing to reduce barriers (Portes and Zhou 1993: 75). Immigrant households typically hold lower socioeconomic statuses as well (Portes and Zhou 1993: 80).…

Constructivist Theory Social Learning Theory Connectivism Adult Learning How does learning occur? Learning occur by frequency of observable performance. (Ertmer & Newby,1993) A mental activity. Thinking, problem solving, concept formation, information processing. (Ertmer & Newby,1993) Created by meaning from experience and interactions. (Ertmer & Newby,1993) Social process. Learning occur when each learner is engaged in social activities. Knowledge is culturally and socially constructed (Kim,…

In Elliott Currie’s article, “Toward a Policy on Drugs,” (1993) he expresses drug policy in the United States, and provides evidence to support his beliefs on the matter. Currie (1993) says that the police can only do so much to stop the problem, and that the people must speak up for how they want the problem solved (p. 571). In the first few paragraphs, he states that punishment of drug users is not an effective way to end the drug problem. He goes on to say that we must instead rehabilitate…