

A few months ago, I wrote about the Supreme Court case of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. The Supreme Court delivered its decision on the matter on June 5th.
A termination decision is a risk management event. The answers to the ten questions here should permit an employer to complete a rapid risk assessment of any proposed termination and adjust the decision or revisit the process before making a potentially costly mistake.
In February 2025, the State of Missouri sued Starbucks Corporation alleging that the Company committed race discrimination when it announced and followed particular steps it would take “to advance racial and social equity.”
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