This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. All rights reserved. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Nowadays that seems to apply to all sorts of courses. Student are convinced they…
06 May 2024 Consolidated Employers Organisation To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In the pursuit of social justice within South Africa’s labour law, employers often find themselves navigating a complex system filled with biases and challenges. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and…
I admit, my experiences as a student in asynchronous online discussions (AODs) were mixed. In some classes, the instructor never participated, and students either copied and pasted whole passages or said little. In other classes, not knowing there were assigned readings, I did what I wanted. I often encounter students who have little expectations of…
06 May 2024 Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The revision of the rule defining “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”; the “Post-Sackett Rule”) has not resolved the litigation surrounding the WOTUS definition. In fact, it seems…
As we earlier reported here, both the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) ended their recent Hollywood strikes by successfully negotiating new collective agreements. However, the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) continues in parallel Canadian negotiations on a new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) with …
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule this week that bans almost all non-competition agreements between employers and workers. But the rule is not scheduled to take effect until late August or early September, and there is …
In the seventh in our series of briefings following the passing of the Energy Act 2023 (the Act) on 26 October 2023, our team at Norton Rose Fulbright look at the framework adopted under the Act to build an efficient, flexible, low carbon and low-cost electricity and gas systems and its potential implications. System Operation…
06 May 2024 Godfrey & Kahn S.C. To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Background On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to publish a Final Rule that will effectively ban existing and future non-compete agreements with workers in…
MyStay International, which is the owner of the Australian Homestay Network, appointed investment banking veteran Ed Slade who heads up education-focused Schoolhouse Solutions earlier this year to rally interest in the homestay sector. In 2023, MyStay International provided rooms for some 11,750 students, making it the country’s largest homestay provider. Additionally, gross revenues in 2023 were A$40 million and grew…
06 May 2024 Finance Malta To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 28th March 2024 the Malta Financial Services Authority (the “MFSA“) issued a Circular and Feedback Statement on the amendments to the Companies Act (Cell Companies Carrying on Business of Insurance) …