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

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: job, layoff, termination, lawful termination, fire, terminate

Light in the Loafers

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

Tags: equal opportunity, sexual orientation, discrimination, eeo

Family Values

Three employees are chatting about dating and one employee starts complaining...

Tags: sexual orientation, sex, sexual preference, discrimination, diversity, gender

Rally for Immigrants' Rights

An employee asks his co-worker if she's going to the rally...

Tags: race, discrimination, eeo, bias, diversity, immigration

Religious Diversity

An employee decorates the office for Christmas and angers another employee...

Tags: diversity, discrimination, differences, religion, religious diversity, 2008

Space Invasion

Co-workers have a conversation and one co-worker requires more personal space...

Tags: harassment, discrimination, differences, culture, cultural differences, 2008

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

Off Duty Conduct

Here, we see an example of employees having drinks after work...

Tags: after hours, off-duty conduct, off-duty, harassment, bar, happy hour