Dealing with the fallout after a termination
Your toughest task may come when you have to fire someone. Your second-toughest task may come after the firing, when you have to deal with the ripple effects of the firing.
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This company tried to win an age bias suit on a technicality after a CEO called a worker “old and ugly.” Here’s why it didn’t work.
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Recruitment firm made comments that were ‘ageist in nature.’
It’s about to get easier for employees to cry “retaliation!” For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has issued enforcement guidance on what it considers workplace retaliation. In a 76-page document entitled, “Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues,” the agency outlines the standards it plans to use to prove retaliation under civil rights…
Can you fire an employee if their behavior outside of the office poses a risk to your business and other employees? This is exactly the question a court will soon consider. Out partying? Nicolas Prada worked as a waiter at Tomukun Noodle Bar in Michigan. When he began experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, Prada alerted his…
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