An Iowa man says he was fired after confronting a co-worker who was smoking in a company break room, in violation of the state’s Smokefree Air Act.
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Tags: harassment, racial discrimination, ratting out, retaliation, smoking
A high school girls’ basketball coach was fired after he said he would not apologize for badly beating another team.
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Tags: fired, girls basketball, too successful
As an HR pro, you’ve probably had your share of disgruntled employees asking you to send certain messages to their bosses, such as, “You’re an idiot.” Watch out! Now a Web site makes it even easier for them to do that.
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Tags: anonymous tip giver, disgruntled employees, tell off bosses
You’ve probably heard people at work make statements about co-workers like this: “Sam/Sally knows that inside out.” Here’s a case where that turned out to be a bad thing.
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Tags: IKEA, skim money, stealing
If employees at your company noticed a worker reporting for duty whom they’d never seen before, would they ask about him?
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Companies facing these tough economic times are turning to some unusual measures to try to boost their business. For example: A debt collector in Lithuania has hired a witch.
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Tags: debt collector, new co-worker, tough economic times, witch
Tammy Rochester left her mail truck in the hands of the local sheriff’s department when she received a call that her fiance had been shot in the neck. For that, the U.S. Postal Service wanted to fire her.
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Calling it an act of mercy, an employer has decided to allow a warehouse worker to collect his pension despite the fact that he stole on the job.
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Tags: medical benefits, pension, stealing
What do these three things have in common: Religion, politics and matters of the heart?
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Tags: keep to yourself, politics, religion, stupid
Does your company have a policy that governs whether employees driving for work can add the occasional personal errand to their trips?
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Tags: alcohol, driving for work, quits, school bus driver
