Studies have shown some managers have a bias against those employees who are overweight. So you might think a former police sergeant could have a case against his former department when he says he was denied promotions because he was considered too fat. But there’s more to the story.

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Few companies these days can afford unproductive employees. What would happen if HR found an employee who sat in his office all day doing nothing and got paid a full-time salary?

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Tags: lawsuit, Native American, paid for doing nothing, unproductive employees

Why are employees reluctant to speak up about improprieties where they work? Retaliation is feared, as a municipal employee in Florida is claiming in a lawsuit.

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Turns out, a recent settlement between Wal-Mart and Minnesota over wage-and-hour violations was just the tip of the iceberg for the retailer.

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Hypothetical situation: Someone is trapped in a burning cubicle at work. Would co-workers try to save their fellow employee?

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A class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart means bad news for the discount retailer.

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A former restaurant manager has filed a lawsuit, claiming she was fired for what she saw other managers doing in the facility’s banquet room one night.

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A city of Detroit planner can sue her employer over her co-worker’s perfume under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Imagine this: You provide an employee with a computer for work purposes and have a policy against using it for personal means. The employee uses it to harass someone, and now you’re facing a lawsuit.

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HR pros have enough to do without worrying about what employees are putting on their MySpace pages. But when social networking Web sites intersect with the work world, it’s a different story.

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