Labor Market Restraint of Trade

No-hire agreements between companies are a red flag to prosecutors and...

Tags: restraint of trade, price fixing, code of conduct, ethics, antitrust, anti-trust

Good Faith Investigation

A manager gets angry when he is terminated as a result...

Tags: dave, good faith investigation, good faith, lawful termination, fire, terminate

Lucy the Receptionist

An introductory scene. A manager hires someone who is not qualified...

Tags: lawful terminations, lawful termination, termination, wrongful termination, hiring, bad hire

A Permanent Employee

An employer sends an offer letter that references a probationary period...

Tags: offer letter, offer, wrongful termination, good cause, written contract, contract

Blowing the Whistle

An accounting employee complains that her manager is overstating revenue and...

Tags: code of conduct, ethics, accounting, accounting fraud, retaliation, whistleblower

Pregnancy Leave

An employee takes a medical leave due to a difficult pregnancy...

Tags: christy, cfra, fmla, pregnancy leave, pregnancy, medical leave

Lucy the Receptionist

An introductory scene. A manager hires someone who is not qualified...

Tags: linda , phones, customer service, recruiting, interviewing, wrongful hire

Implied Employment Contract

A manager lays off a long term employee without warning or...

Tags: employee handbook, personnel rules, at-will employment, lawful termination, fire, terminate

Showing Good Cause To Terminate

A manager walks an employee through all the documentation of poor...

Tags: termination, wrongful termination, good cause, discipline, terminate, fire

Promises During New Hire Orientation

A hiring manager makes exaggerated promises during a new hire orientation....

Tags: verbal contract, promises, promise, new hire, lawful termination, fire

The Job Offer

A hiring manager convinces a person to join his team and...

Tags: rob, promises, recruitment, job offer, offer, hiring

Defamation

A manager tells an employee that she fired someone and proceeds...

Tags: lawful termination, fire, terminate, wrongful termination, defamation, termination

Surprise Termination

A manager terminates an employee without giving the employee any warning...

Tags: progressive discipline, wrongful termination, good cause, discipline, terminate, fire

Retaliation - Just Do What I Say...

Workers can be disciplined and even terminated for willful disobedience to...

Tags: eeo, harassment, retaliation