Many people in HR have had to give pep talks to new employees who’ve had a bad first day or week on the job. Well, imagine having to console this police officer.
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Tags: bad day, console, first day on job
Do any employees at your company play radio programs by shock jocks such as Howard Stern, Bubba the Love Sponge, or Opie and Anthony? If so, it could create a problem.
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A police chief in Utah has voluntarily turned in his teaching credentials after shooting himself in the ankle while instructing a concealed weapon-permit course.
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Does an obviously disabled employee need to ask for accommodation before the employer’s duty to accommodate kicks in?
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Tags: accommodation, ADA, disability
A Cincinnati, OH, prosecutor, fired after he was caught on security cameras walking around nude at night in the government building where he worked, says that’s all in the past.
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Tags: civil service, fired, unclothed
As HRB exhaustingly searches for the quirkier HR stories, we’re starting to see a pattern: People impersonating real employees.
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Tags: confession, fake, priest
Have you ever been asked to participate in a school’s Career Day to encourage students to plan ahead for their future? They can be good ways to get teens to check out future career possibilities.
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Tags: Career Day, police, stolen car
Imagine this: An employee makes a crucial error, one that either costs the company a lot of money or even puts another person’s life in jeopardy. The company fires the employee, only to have an arbitrator reinstate the worker.
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Tags: arbitration, firing, police
A federal court has ruled that a city did not violate the Constitutional rights of an employee who received a verbal reprimand for having an affair.
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Tags: affair, court, discipline, fired
In this Internet age, there’s a lot more concern about employees’ access to sensitive company electronic records. But something as old-fashioned as making sure someone with access to cash turns it over every day can still be problematic.
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