March 20, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Everyone in HR has heard some pretty wild excuses from employees about why they’ve taken days off. But wait until you hear how far this employee went for a personal day.
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Tags: absence excuses, day off, police
February 20, 2009 by Fred Hosier
From the “stupid crooks” file: If HR is ever involved in an investigation into theft at your company, remember that the most obvious suspect might be right in front of you.
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Tags: investigation, stupid crooks, theft
January 29, 2009 by Fred Hosier

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
January 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
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
January 22, 2009 by Fred Hosier
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
January 21, 2009 by Fred Hosier
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
January 8, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Yikes! Five residents of a home for people with disabilities were taken to a hospital after a worker spilled her prescription pills into cake batter.
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Tags: administrative leave, police, prescription pills