Issue: In addition to suing the organization, employees may go after you personally in court. Risk: Certain federal employment laws allow employees to sue their...
In golf, they call it a mulligan. Kids call it a "do-over." And in the world of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration, it can be legal to do an ...
The president of Windermere Relocation Services really wanted to win the Starbucks account. He told Maureen Little, the firm's top corporate services manager, that he...
Neil Patterson lost it. Fed up with
his employees’ poor effort, the CEO of Cerner Corp. wrote an e-mail to
senior managers that read, in part, “Hell will...
An employee wants to confess wrongdoing or alert you to sensitive
personnel or safety matters. But before opening up, the worker asks,
“Can you keep this...
Managers at America West warned Penny Bachelder that her attendance was a problem. She had taken lots of time off in the previous two years under the Family and Medical...
My boss constantly pesters me. He calls or visits my office every few
hours, asking, “Is it done yet?” That distracts me and slows me down.
How can I shut...
When Larry Skerski began working as a cable technician, about half his job involved climbing ladders, poles and towers. But a decade into his job, he developed a panic...
Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power occasionally suspended salaried employees without pay, and now it may have to pony up overtime for groups of employees....
Two recent court cases help draw the boundaries on how far you can go with a razor. Federal Express recently settled a lawsuit involving its no-beard policy and a Muslim...
When Diane Leibovitz heard that two employees of the New York City Transit Authority had been harassed, she claimed that made her a victim of a hostile environment and...
While Minnie Hatchett was on a business trip, a hotel skylight crashed down on her head. As a result of her injuries, she could perform routine work, such as answering...
Jane Foster had a tough decision: Follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or follow her boss's orders. She went with the ADA and got fired. But a court has...
