Overview: A crew member who was the only black person working for a company faced a never-ending barrage of racist comments. Things came to a head when a manager introduced the black worker to a new employee as “the n-gg-r who works here.” The …
Woman told that if she’d have sex with a man, she wouldn’t get migraine headaches
Overview: After a woman left work for the day because she was experiencing a migraine, her female boss called her at home and said she wouldn’t get headaches if she’d just have sex with a man. The scenario: Nicole Aaker, an employee of Interim …
Supervisor questions man’s need to take leave to care for newborn
The scenario: A male worker was approved for 12 weeks of parental leave to care for his newborn. When his boss learned that he planned to take leave, she asked him, “Why can’t your wife stay home and take care of the child?” She also said to him, …
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You Make The Call: Did worker have to tell HR of her need for FMLA leave?
“Serena is suing us for FMLA retaliation,” said HR Manager Alan Frankel. “She claims that she was let go because she took time off to care for her sick mother.” “Serena was dismissed because she violated our no call/no show policy,” said …
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White customer says to black employee that ‘n-gg-rs need to be exterminated’
Overview: An African American female worker suffered a withering barrage of racially offensive statements, such as “n-gg-rs need to be exterminated.” The scenario: Marquita Williams, a black female employee of Lexington Treatment Centers, …
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Male staffer says: ‘There’s no way in hell I’d ever work for a woman’
The scenario: Even though she was a senior-level manager, a female employee – who was the only woman in her department – was always left out whenever her male supervisor and male coworkers went to lunch. Plus, whenever the boss’s secretary was …
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