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

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 Recruitment Test

An applicant takes a test during a recruitment process and wonders...

Tags: trina , jeff, valid business reasons, recruitment, recruiting, 2008

A Manager's Response

An employee tells her friend, who is a manager, about inappropriate...

Tags: harassment, manager, liability, management, manager's response

Don't Fudge The Timesheets

A manager counsels his direct report for failing to ensure the...

Tags: accurate record-keeping, shiela , overtime hours, overtime, record-keeping, accurate

Direct Disability Discrimination

A manager fires a sales employee after he becomes disabled and...

Tags: direct discrimination, physical disability, disability, ada, discrimination, adaaa

Association Discrimination

A manager does not consider an employee for a job promotion...

Tags: disabled family member, association discrimination, promotion, disability, ada, discrimination

Accommodation Snapshots

A series of scenes that show possible workplace accommodations for various...

Tags: 109, series, reasonable accommodation, accommodation, ada, adaaa

Wrong Way to Verify a Disability

A manager questions an employee about her absences and when she...

Tags: dave, cfra, medical leave, adaaa, disability, productivity

Nice Sweater

Tags: 2006, dave, definition, homosexual, gay, 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

I'm Not Chinese

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

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

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