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Nearly every day, executives and managers, and the in-house counsel and Human Resources professionals who work with them, are confronted with unanticipated questions regarding the workforce. Just when they think they have "seen it all," along comes a new and often stranger scenario involving an odd twist to an area they thought they fully understood. These individuals often find themselves back at square one when trying to construct an appropriate response and devise a creative solution to the problem presented. Sometimes these "Quirky Questions" can be resolved easily; other times, they implicate practical and legal issues that are not immediately apparent.

This Quirky Employment Questions Blog addresses unanticipated questions regarding the workforce.

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Managing the Chronic Complainer, Quirky Question # 117

Managing the Chronic Complainer, Quirky Question # 117

 

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Quirky Question # 117: We have an employee who has become a “chronic” complainer.  She initially complained to her manager that her annual bonus was incorrectly calculated and that she believed the alleged error was because of her sex and/or age.  The manager referred the complaint to Human Resources, which thoroughly reviewed the bonus calculations for that department and concluded...

VIEW ALL POSTS ABOUT: Retaliation
Guest Article, Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations of Emotional Distress Claims, Part 2

Guest Article, Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations of Emotional Distress Claims, Part 2

 

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CONTRASTS IN CLAIMS: EVALUATING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS—Part II— A “False Claim” Barbara Long, M.D., Ph.D., A.B.P.N. Employment law Title VII claims often include claims of significant emotional distress allegedly caused by inappropriate remarks, touches, and other behaviors in the workplace.  When a supervisor, as opposed to a coworker, has been the alleged instigator of the reportedly offensive behavior, emotional distress claims...

VIEW ALL POSTS ABOUT: Litigation Issues, Sex Discrimination
Guest Article, Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations of Emotional Distress Claims

Guest Article, Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations of Emotional Distress Claims

 

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CONTRASTS IN CLAIMS: EVALUATING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS—Part I—the “Eggshell Plaintiff” Barbara Long, M.D., Ph.D., A.B.P.N. Employment law Title VII claims often include allegations of significant emotional distress allegedly caused by reportedly inappropriate remarks, touches, and other behaviors in the workplace.  When a supervisor, as opposed to a coworker, has been the alleged instigator of the reportedly offensive behavior, emotional distress claims...

VIEW ALL POSTS ABOUT: Litigation Issues, Sex Discrimination
Stealing Confidential Information, Quirky Question # 78

Stealing Confidential Information, Quirky Question # 78

 

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Quirky Question # 78: I am the HR Director at our company.  I just learned that one of our most valuable employees has resigned and taken a position with a competitor.  I requested our IT Department to make an evaluation of his computer.  They reported to me that before he left, he emailed to himself and his new employer customer...

VIEW ALL POSTS ABOUT: Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants
Downsizing Alternatives? Quirky Question # 71

Downsizing Alternatives? Quirky Question # 71

 

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Quirky Question # 71: The country is in a recession.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers reduced the size of their workforces by more than 500,000 employees in November alone, with an eleven-month total of more than 1.5 million. Like every company, we’re considering whether to reduce the size of our workforce sometime during 2009, assuming the...

VIEW ALL POSTS ABOUT: Discipline and Discharge