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Woman sues employer over pigeon droppings


September 24, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Here comes the judge, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

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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Worker says he was fired for refusing to post election campaign sign


August 11, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Here comes the judge, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

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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Big court award: Tale of the bogus e-mail


August 7, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Dubious decisions, Special Report, Worst manager of the week

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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Only Wal-Mart could accomplish this


July 3, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Dubious decisions, HR blunder of the week, Latest News & Views

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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Flatulent employee loses suit over co-workers’ ‘bowel jokes’


June 13, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Here comes the judge, Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______

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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Cost to defend dress code: $150K


June 12, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Dubious decisions, Here comes the judge, Special Report, Uncategorized

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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New type of lawsuit: Bullying


May 29, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Here comes the judge, Special Report

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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