Running a Background Check

A manager runs a background check on her employee after he's...

Tags: references, background check, background, hiring, hire, background checks

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

Medical Leave and the ADA

An employee requests an additional week of medical leave and the...

Tags: disability, ada, accommodation, reasonable accommodation, failure to accommodate, 2008

Stinky Food

An employee offends her co-worker when she comments about the stinky...

Tags: kelly, linda , diversity issues, differences, national origin, diversity

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

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

No Haggling

In response to a customer than won't pay, a manager tells...

Tags: dave, stereotypes, diversity, discrimination, differences, religion

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

Patrick or Patricia

A lunch scene where an employee teases about the sexual orientation...

Tags: dave, preventing harassment, unwelcome conduct, unwelcome, harassment, ph7

The Coffee Klatch

Women taking a break in the company kitchen and teasing about...

Tags: discrimination, borderline, borderline conduct, harassment, linda

The Cell Phone Picture

Two employees take a picture of their co-worker and email the...

Tags: jason, perry, communication, electronic communications, pictures, cell phone

Severe and Pervasive

Two co-workers continue to make gender-based remarks in the workplace, which...

Tags: 340, series, rob, tj, christy, harassment

Light in the Loafers

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

Tags: equal opportunity, sexual orientation, discrimination, eeo

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