Warnings about bad documentation often involve high-tech situations — for example, watch what you e-mail, since it creates a permanent record. But managers need to be careful of how they handle more primitive documents, too. More…
By now we’ve all heard stories about employees posting stupid things to social networking sites. But managers aren’t immune to the same mistakes. More…
If it came out that a top exec at your firm was married to someone in a controversial profession, how do you think the company would react? More…
Whether it’s softball games or polar bear plunges, it can be difficult to draw the line between what extracurricular activities are fair or foul in the workplace. More…
Everyone gossips, so to try to set up your workplace as a “no-gossip zone” is largely a waste of time. You can draw a line, however, on what’s OK and what’s not. More…
In this real-life case, two employees have a spat. One gets revenge by “outing” the other to co-workers as a lesbian, and gets fired. Did a court uphold the firing?
A poor-performing employee gets fired shortly after filing a complaint about company safety. He sues the company for retaliation. Who won this real-life case?
