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“We were stuck between a rock and a hard place,” said Supervisor Margie Brunton. “If we had accommodated Karla’s request, we might have gotten hit with a gender-bias lawsuit.” “It was a sticky wicket,” said HR Manager Alan Frankel. “And it just got …
Continue Reading about You Make The Call: Woman snubbed coworker’s preferred pronoun request
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Supervisor’s take-home: Because you could be surprised during a termination meeting, always maintain a paper trail of the reasons you decided to fire someone. What happened: A female crew member wasn’t well liked by her coworkers, who found her …
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Supervisor’s take-home: You have the legal right to rescind an accommodation that has already been provided to a disabled crew member, but only if you can demonstrate that the accommodation is creating a so-called undue hardship. What happened: A …
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Suppose you just found out that one of your crew members has alleged discrimination. How would you react? Let’s face it, no manager likes to hear that a staffer has a problem with the way things are being done. That’s why supervisors sometimes have …
Continue Reading about A member of your crew just alleged unlawful discrimination – now what?
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Overview: After a woman reported that her male manager had forced her to have sex with him, the man told her that he’d kill her if he lost his job. The scenario: Shontell Coleman was worried when Patrick Dingle told her to follow him to a washroom …
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Supervisor’s take-home: Don’t rescind a job offer because of a disability without first figuring out whether the candidate could handle the work with a reasonable accommodation. What happened: Because a stroke had severely damaged her legs, a female …