Human Resource Updates

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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“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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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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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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