Supervisor’s take-home: If your reason for terminating a crew member can be linked in any way to his or her religious beliefs, proceed cautiously with the dismissal – workers suing for religious bias now have to meet a very low bar to prevail in …
Was it OK for manager to contact woman while she was out on intermittent leave?
Supervisor’s take-home: A word to the wise: Once a member of your crew has been approved for intermittent leave, make sure you don’t initiate contact with the person during his or her leave time – the interaction could later be misinterpreted as …
Male boss says he’d rather work with men than women any day
The scenario After a woman completed six months of training for a new job, she was assigned to a female supervisor who didn’t treat her very well. The woman said her new boss bullied her in front of her coworkers every day. The woman said her female …
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The cost of refusing to provide chair to worker: $11.2 million
The scenario: A 72-year-old woman with a bad back was told that she could no longer sit while performing her job duties; she had to stand. After working a few days while standing, the woman told her supervisor that her back was killing her. She …
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Supervisor suggests woman could stop sexual harassment by ‘giving them some’
Overview: A supervisor suggested that a female crew member could stop her male coworkers from sexually harassing her by “giving them some.” The scenario: When Wendy Luther started working the second shift at Enforge LLC, Albemarle, NC, she noticed …
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Accommodating employees with chronic disorder and making sure they stay safe
When you consider that approximately 65 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, you know there’s a possibility someone on your crew has the condition. And because epilepsy is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, …
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