Angry Professor: Heather

A manager is obligated to investigate a complaint of inappropriate behavior...

Tags: branching, series, 2009, preventing harassment, higher education, professor

The Tense University Department

A Professor who heads up a Department at a University makes...

Tags: harassment, protected, trait, characteristic, protected trait, definition

The Aftermath of Workplace Romance

After a workplace romance ends, the female manager does not want...

Tags: branching, series, kelly, jason, workplace dating, workplace romance

Drinks at the Bar

Some co-workers have drinks together after work and two of them...

Tags: drinks, bars, harassment, off-duty, off-duty conduct, discrimination

The Strategy Session

A manager criticizes his employee for being "too aggressive" and not...

Tags: gender bias, bias, gender, discrimination, eeo, assumptions

Bias & Assumptions

A manager assumes two female employees are gossiping and two male...

Tags: gender, assumptions, bias, diversity, eeo, equal opportunity

Religion in the Workplace

A manager invites his direct report to a church meeting....

Tags: diversity, bias, religion, eeo, church, discrimination

Age Bias in Hiring

A hiring manager has a bias against an older worker and...

Tags: kelly, older worker, old, bias in hiring, hiring, discrimination

I'm Not Chinese

A hiring manager tells his new employee about the Chinese food...

Tags: asian, chinese, jason, inclusion, diversity, bias

Congratulations!

A female employee gets married and then a year later, she...

Tags: pregnancy discrimination, discrimination, diversity, pregnancy, married, marital

The Stutterer

An employee has a speech disability and his co-worker his reluctant...

Tags: disability, discrimination, eeo, equal opportunity, ada, diversity

Language Conflicts at Work

Three employees work together and two speak Spanish together. The third...

Tags: language barriers, english only rule, english only, english, diversity, discrimination

Light in the Loafers

A sales manager meets with employees and one employee indicates his...

Tags: equal opportunity, sexual orientation, discrimination, eeo

What Not To Ask In An Interview

A clueless manager asks a series of inappropriate questions in a...

Tags: personal questions, equal opportunity, hire, hiring, discrimination, eeo

The Coffee Discussion

An employee tells his friend and co-worker about the workplace romance...

Tags: branching, ph14, preventing harassment, harassment, romance, workplace romance