An employee who was fired after taking a lie detector test can sue his former employer — even though the results of the exam weren’t the main reason for his termination.
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Tags: Branch, Lie detector, Polygraph, Robbery
What happens behind closed doors should stay behind closed doors.
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After nine employees were given time to trim down but failed to do so, they were terminated from their positions. Are they victims of weight discrimination?
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One top court has ruled that as long as inebriated employees aren’t a risk to co-workers or customers, they can’t be fired.
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It’s hard to tell whether this man’s legitimately concerned about access for people with disabilities, or if he’s going for a Guinness World Record in successful lawsuits.
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Resumes are supposed to reveal a lot about a candidate, but this employee claims she was fired for not mentioning she worked at a restaurant featuring skimpy uniforms.
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If you found out one of your employees or co-workers had a former career in adult-oriented cinema, would you expect her to be terminated?
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After an employee was murdered on the job, an insurance firm is denying workers’ comp because the killing was supposedly race-related, but not work-related.
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We’ve all been guilty of work-speak now and then, but this council is actually requiring employees to use much wordier alternatives when speaking to the public.
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Fewer people driving while talking on cell phones is a good thing. You’d think an official responsible for outlawing it would’ve known that.
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