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Quiet Firing: Sneaky? Yes. Unlawful? Maybe.

If you’ve been paying attention to employment trends over the last few years, you’ve likely heard of “quiet quitting,” the phenomenon of employees performing only the duties in their job description and nothing more....
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Employment Law Fact vs. Fiction

Employment law is a vast and at times complex body of law, not least of all because it derives from both state and federal sources. It also implicates other areas of law, such as contract law, civil rights law, and labor law....
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6 Signs of a Hostile Work Environment

Employment discrimination, whether based on race, sex, age, or any other protected characteristic, is rarely overt. It’s uncommon for an employer to say to an employee, for example, “You know, you’d be great for this...
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How to Appeal a Denied or Revoked Security Clearance

Virginia is home to more federal employees than any other state, coming in second only to the District of Columbia by raw numbers. In a state where so many professionals depend on security clearances for defense,...
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Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees

As public servants, federal employees play an important role in maintaining government accountability. While there is no strict legal duty on government employees to disclose wrongful activity, our laws encourage them to do...
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