CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE – Burden of Proof; Weight of Evidence; Presumptions and Inferences; Affirmative Defenses

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1105.00000 – CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE
1105.03000 – Burden of Proof; Weight of Evidence; Presumptions and Inferences; Affirmative Defenses

When a local rule is challenged as unlawful, we start from a position of presuming that an employer’s rule is reasonable and lawful, which means that the burden of proof is on the party challenging such a rule. (pp. 24-25.)