USA July 11 2017. The Washington Supreme Court recently issued an opinion related to waived meal periods and the expectation of employers. In essence, until this decision, employers could defend against a meal period violation by demonstrating it provided employees with a meaningful opportunity for a meal period. Now, employers have an obligation to ensure that the meal period was taken, unless waived. If the employee alleges she was not provided with a meal break and denies waiving the break it is the employer's burden to prove either that the meal period was in fact taken or that a valid waiver existed. In Brady v.
Nephrology (from Greek Î½ÎµÏÏÏÏ nephros  kidney , combined with the suffix-logy, the study of) is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself with the study of normal kidney function, kidney problems, the treatment of kidney problems and renal replacement therapy (dialysis and kidney transplantation).
Kidney cancer is most often treated with surgery, targeted therapy, and/or immunotherapy. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy are occasionally used. Patients with kidney cancer that has spread (metastatic cancer, see below) often receive multiple lines of therapy, which are treatments given one after another. Descriptions of these treatment options are listed below.