Asafa and Sherone – Lessons Learned
Just over a year has passed since Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson tested positive for a stimulant which is banned during competition. Their appeals from the ruling of the JADCO Disciplinary Panel (which had imposed a ban of 18 months) to the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Switzerland, ,resulted in a significant reduction of
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The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has backed Neslte’s disciplining of employees for “Wilful Fraud” is the headline of an article in Sunday August 17’s Gleaner (http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20140817/lead/lead7.html). Two employees were charged with Wilful Fraud and dismissed from the company for claiming for hours not worked. Although Nestle did not have a definition in their service rules
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The Business of Sport & Its Development in Jamaica
Underpinning any successful enterprise is a legal base which will inform how that enterprise will operate in a regulatory environment, and in particular the nature and extent to which it will interface with public authorities and systems. Critical of which are government, licensing agencies and tax regimes. The Business of Sport is no different. It
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