Many businesses like to mark major milestones, such as the millionth customer or the billionth hamburger served. Here’s one type of milestone most companies would not like to celebrate.
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HR Blunders has already written about how badmouthing a former employee can get a company in trouble. The opposite — giving a glowing recommendation that glosses over serious problems — can cost companies millions, as a recent court case from Louisiana shows.
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Tags: court, drug use, recommendation, referral
Most companies don’t care if their employees have second jobs as long as it doesn’t cause a conflict of interest. So, can someone be the top elected official in the land and host a TV show at the same time?
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Tags: election, second job, TV chef
When an employee violates company policy with only good intentions in mind, what do you do? In the case of an employee at one retail store, the answer was, fire him.
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Tags: employee fired, security guard, shoplifting
Just how tricky is it to give references about former employees? A pending lawsuit in New Jersey shows how not to talk about former workers.
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Tags: Best Buy, reference checks, Target
