Military and civilian employees who have traveled to Iraq have faced all sort of hazards. Patricia Howard wants to add one more to the list: pigeon droppings.
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Tags: Iraq, lawsuit, pigeon droppings
It’s a major election year, and that means political debates will happen more often at work. Situations can get particularly tricky when the employer is the government.
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A company fired a manager for not following directives from his superiors. The manager said he was protecting the company from a possible lawsuit. In the end, an e-mail spelled trouble for the company.
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Tags: age discrimination, fire, lawsuit
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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Incompetence or flatulence? A British tribunal had to decide which one was the real reason a woman was fired from her job.
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Tags: flatulence, jokes, lawsuit
Does your workplace dress code address personal features such as facial hair, makeup, tattoos and piercings? Whether such policies are discriminatory continues to be an issue, as the city of Houston is finding out.
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Tags: appearance, beards, discrimination, dress code, lawsuit
What happens when one employee assaults another - verbally? It’s tricky for employees to win cases alleging hostile workplace environments when no form of discrimination is involved. But that might be changing.
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Tags: discrimination, lawsuit, workplace bullying
