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

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

The Touchy Feely Manager

A manager is touchy feely and gives his direct report a...

Tags: physical harassment, ph9, touching, forms, harassment, preventing harassment

Watching the Simpsons

Employees discuss a favorite TV show while on break and one...

Tags: ryan, ph9, borderline conduct, borderline, discrimination, harassment

Off the Cuff Comments

A manager gives negative feedback to his employee while walking down...

Tags: performance evaluation, performance review, performance, performance management, evaluation, feedback

Kickbacks

A manager thanks his employee for referring a contractor and the...

Tags: misappropriation, loyalty, code of conduct, ethics, conflict of interest, gifts

Insider Trading

A mother has lunch with her daughter and discusses confidential company...

Tags: insider information, sec, trading, expert networks, public, stock

Duty of Confidentiality

An employee tells her co-worker that she interviewed with a competitor...

Tags: kelly, christy, confidential information, duty of confidentiality, duty of loyalty, document retention

Generational Clash

A millenial worker and a generation x worker have different strengths...

Tags: generation x, millenials, preventing harassment, ph9, generations, diversity

Romance in the Workplace

A receptionist has an affair with a manager at the company...

Tags: 81, affair, romantic relationships, romance, harassment, romantic

A Recruitment Test

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

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