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Lesson from the courts: Best ways to handle a racist manager


February 1, 2010 by Sam Narisi

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When fighting bias claims, nothing can doom a company quite like the employee showing the judge a discriminatory e-mail or text message from a supervisor. But as this recent case shows, there are still steps employers can take to protect themselves from those claims. More…

What were they thinking? Boss charged with pulling down worker’s pants


January 15, 2010 by Jim Giuliano

We occasionally report workplace behavior that’s so odd that it sounds made up. Except it’s not. Today’s story: The company president who got sued for pulling down a worker’s pants. More…

What’s an employee lawsuit cost these days?


January 12, 2010 by Jim Giuliano

If any of your managers think an employee complaint about unfair treatment or discrimination is unimportant, let them take a look at these statistics. More…

Answers to tricky HR questions: Worker gets arrested — what now?


December 22, 2009 by Jim Giuliano

Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: We got a report about an employee’s drug-related arrest. What action should we take? More…

Think an employee’s lying? Check Facebook


December 7, 2009 by Sam Narisi

There’s a new way to catch dishonest employees who try to bilk their employers out of money: More…

Employee fired for looking at guns — on the Web


December 3, 2009 by Jim Giuliano

Plenty of people have been fired for surfing the Web — usually it involves porn sites. This case is different, and far more controversial. More…

Bankrupt firm’s managers may be liable for unpaid wages


September 7, 2009 by Jared Bilski

When a company folds without paying its employees their due wages, can managers be held personally accountable? More…

What would you do? Open-door policy hurts supervisors’ authority


August 14, 2009 by Jim Giuliano

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: An upper manager’s open-door policy threatens the authority of first-line supervisors. More…

The workplace violations feds will be investigating this year


May 26, 2009 by Jim Giuliano

A look at the U.S. Department of Labor’s budget for FY 2010 shows where the agency will be stepping up investigations of workplace violations and enforcement of labor laws. More…

Answers to tricky HR questions: No. 1 cause of sexual-harassment lawsuits?


May 11, 2009 by Jim Giuliano

Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: What’s the No. 1 thing we can do to prevent sexual-harassment complaints in our workplace? More…


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