Cyber-bullying: Court expands your responsibility
March 30, 2012 by Tim Gould
Like it’s not hard enough to control employee behavior in the workplace — now you’re expected to ride herd on how employees treat their co-workers on the Internet. More…
Like it’s not hard enough to control employee behavior in the workplace — now you’re expected to ride herd on how employees treat their co-workers on the Internet. More…
Once again this year, retaliation was No. 1 on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s hit parade. More…
Sooner or later, your company’s going to be in the unenviable position of having to conduct a workplace investigation. Here’s a checklist of pitfalls to avoid. More…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission handled almost 100,000 discrimination cases — a new record — in Fiscal 2011. And it also managed to achieve a 10% decrease in its “pending charge inventory” — the backlog of cases waiting for resolution. More…
The majority of a company’s employees voted against union representation, but the NLRB says they can’t kick the union out. Why? Because an angry manager made some not-so-smart comments. More…
Here’s yet another example of how expensive retaliation lawsuits can be for today’s employers. More…

Here’s a case that teaches us two things: 1) It pays to stay compliant with overtime regs, and 2) once an employee’s claim gets to court, astounding things can happen. And we don’t mean astounding in a good way. More…
An employee complains that she’s being sexually harassed by her boss. HR jumps into action, the supervisor is disciplined and warned, and, after a short time, the victim tells HR things have greatly improved. But just weeks later, the employee resigns, charging that the supervisor’s gone back to his old ways. She sues for harassment. Did she win? More…

From the Can You Believe It’s 2011 and Managers Still Act Like This? Department: A Utah woman is suing her employer for sexual harassment after he gave her a day-by-day schedule that included No-bra Thursday. More…
Here’s a classic example of how managers cause nightmares for HR pros. More…
