In a real-life case, worker complains about a supposed safety violation, and shortly afterwards, he’s fired for poor peformance. He sues, claiming retaliation. Read the dramatized version of the case, and see if you can determine who won.
When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently sued a company for harassment, the case came to a strange and extraordinary ending. More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There’s a new way to catch dishonest employees who try to bilk their employers out of money: More…
Plenty of people have been fired for surfing the Web — usually it involves porn sites. This case is different, and far more controversial. More…
When a company folds without paying its employees their due wages, can managers be held personally accountable? More…
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…
