We can all probably agree on this: Criticizing your employer on the Web is a stupid thing to do. But what should the punishment be?
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Tags: Facebook, fired, Philadelphia Eagles, suspension, warning
A woman has won six months’ wages as compensation after her Italian employer fired her for singing on the job, according to her union.
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Tags: fired, singing on the job, union
A public outcry has developed over a supermarket cashier in Germany who was fired for stealing 1.30 euros ($1.65) of bottle deposit money. And just like Joe the Plumber in last year’s U.S. Presidential campaign, Barbara the Cashier is figuring into Germany’s upcoming elections.
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Tags: Barbara the Cashier, fired, stealing
A restaurant worker trashed a restaurant in Madison, WI, in hopes of getting fired so he could collect unemployment.
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Tags: fired, quit, unemployment
How many sick days per year does your company’s benefits policy provide? A New Jersey case centers around an employee who took just four sick days.
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Tags: fired, sick days, unemployment
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
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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You’ve probably had your share of tough conversations with employees as an HR manager. Imagine having to tell someone who has worked more than 30 years at your company in a key role — and who happens to be waiting for a kidney transplant — that he’s being let go immediately.
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Did this company win the war but lose a battle?
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Tags: drug testing, fired, methamphetamine
An employee at a vacation rental company claims she was fired for greeting customers on the phone with “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays.”
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