Employee Uses FMLA to Cover Drinking
Question: We suspect one of our employees of using intermittent FMLA leave to cover her abuses. We see a clear … Continue reading Employee Uses FMLA to Cover Drinking
Category: Legal aspects of management
A New Employee Who Walks Into a Mess Where a Physician Gets Away With Problem Conduct
Question: I’m not sure what I’ve walked into with my new job. I started work in a medical clinic three … Continue reading A New Employee Who Walks Into a Mess Where a Physician Gets Away With Problem Conduct
Firing Without Backfiring, Avoiding the Revenge of the Difficult, Fired Employee
The final revenge of the difficult, fired employee. You’ve hesitated to fire him, you’ve given him chance after chance, but … Continue reading Firing Without Backfiring, Avoiding the Revenge of the Difficult, Fired Employee
Employees That Ask To Be Fired: A New Trend to Obtain a Strategic Advantage
At first, you think you’re imagining things. Your employee, “Kevin,” seems to want you to fire him. It started with … Continue reading Employees That Ask To Be Fired: A New Trend to Obtain a Strategic Advantage
I Smell Danger and So Should Your Boss
Question: It’s an open secret our manager of business development is hard to work for. He goes through an assistant … Continue reading I Smell Danger and So Should Your Boss
Working for an Alcoholic Boss & Expecting to Be Fired Tomorrow
Question: I expect to be fired tomorrow. I work for a small company owned by a man and wife. They’re … Continue reading Working for an Alcoholic Boss & Expecting to Be Fired Tomorrow
If I Let Employees Drink on the Job, Am I Liable–If Our Workplace is a Bar?
Question: My brother is severely ill. He asked me to temporarily oversee his two businesses, one of which is a … Continue reading If I Let Employees Drink on the Job, Am I Liable–If Our Workplace is a Bar?
Can My Employer Force Me to Sign a Love Contract? It’s An Invasion of Privacy. Can They Fire Me for Refusing?
Question: Yesterday our HR manager dropped by my office, closed the door and asked about my relationship with a senior … Continue reading Can My Employer Force Me to Sign a Love Contract? It’s An Invasion of Privacy. Can They Fire Me for Refusing?
Romance 2022: 3 Real-life potential hot messes
Three potential hot messes. In company Z, a senior manager considered his workplace a dating pool in which he fished. … Continue reading Romance 2022: 3 Real-life potential hot messes
Love Contracts: Help for Hot Messes
They arrive at work separately. They never touch each other in your presence. Then, as you chair a meeting, you … Continue reading Love Contracts: Help for Hot Messes