Just Deal With It

An employee complains to a manager about a co-worker's conduct and...

Tags: manager, harassment, responsibility, liability, supervisor, ph9

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

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

Too Much Information (TMI)

An employee asks her co-worker about her big date the night...

Tags: trina , sheila, harassment., preventing harassment, 2009, ph9

Refuse a Beer, Lose Your Office

After refusing a beer with her boss, an employee has to...

Tags: branching, harassment, quid pro quo, types, types of harassment, ph9

Granting Yourself A "Bonus"

An employee discusses her work trip in New York and tells...

Tags: ehthics, code of conduct, code, misappropriation, gifts, entertainment

Qualified Individual

An employee complains of his wrist hurting due to all the...

Tags: branching, adaaa, ada, disability, discrimination, verification

Interactive Process Part 2

After an employee raises a possible disability issue, the manager and...

Tags: branching, reasonable accommodation, accommodation, ada, disability, interactive process

Interactive Process Part 1

A manager gives an employee performance feedback and the employee raises...

Tags: branching, rob, jeff, series, adaaa, memory

Surprise Performance Feedback

A manager gives his direct report some vague, untimely feedback that...

Tags: 136, 135, series, linda , dave, performance meeting

No Prep Performance Review

A manager tries to write a performance review without doing the...

Tags: 136, 134, series, linda , dave, performance meeting

Poor Performance Review

A manager tries to conduct a performance review meeting but he...

Tags: performance meeting, performance evaluation, evaluations, performance review, goals, giving goals

Pregnancy Leave

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

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

Blowing the Whistle

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

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

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