Workplace
Favoritism in the Workplace
By Nick at 24 April, 2007, 11:56 am
An hourly employee has been having transportation problems. The manager has been bringing her to work and taking her home. The manager is not always on time, nor leaves on schedule (because of the responsibilities). It’s making another employee feel uncomfortable and believes there’s favortism going on. Just because the employee comes and goes with [...]
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Read More >>Personal Relationships in Workplace
By Nick at 22 April, 2007, 12:53 am
Under what grounds can you defend in the court a company’s policy disallowing “dating” relationships in the workplace or risk termination.
At our company, we don’t disallow dating relationships, and there is no mention of “Conflicts of interest” in our handbook. We even have a couples work in the same department that are married. However, employees [...]
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Read More >>West Virginia Death Risks For Employees At Metal Manufacturer
By Nick at 17 April, 2007, 1:30 am
A West Virginia metal manufacturer’s high rate of injuries and illnesses among employees prompted an OSHA inspection that revealed serious and potentially life-threatening hazards for the workers, the agency announced today. OSHA found 23 safety and health violations at the company’s Parkersburg site and proposed penalties of $288,000. OSHA found that the Louis Berkman Partnership, [...]
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