An HR officer told me that one of their terminated employees came up to the HR office. He was asking about that status of his case. Once he was told that he was terminated, he asked if he can get a copy of his Termination...
One of my favorite movies is Gladiator starring Russell Crowe. He plays a roman general fighting for Marcus Aurelius against the Germanic Tribes. I love the scene where he stands with his his army facing the Germanic tribes. He sends out a messenger to negotiate a...
In this post, I'm going to share a few pointers on the tool known as Preventive Suspension. Employers have the right to issue this order after an incident occurs within the workplace and there is a need to stabilize the situation. Bench your players Imagine that there was...
My students ask me, "Attorney, what's the best way to distribute the policies I've written at work?" Well, the best way depends on how your company is set up. Different companies do it in different ways, but there is one underlying principle that governs them all...
Read this only after you've read the Incident Reports post. So, after you've gathered the raw data from the incident reports, you try making sense of them all through an Administrative investigation. The main task at this point is to piece together all the incident report narratives...
Are you trying to introduce changes at work? Are you issuing new policies which will require people to adjust? Let me share a story with you. The other day, I asked our electrician to change the lights in our bedroom to a warm yellow hue. I...
Quick, what's another word for PREROGATIVE? Five letters, starts with an R...
Most employees are allergic when they hear the term “Incident Report” or the dreaded I.R. That instantly brings up pictures of getting disciplinary sanctions. Amusingly enough, as I was doing an ocular visit in one of my client’s restaurants, a waiter dropped a tray and a...
Whenever penalties are concerned, due process is a basic requirement you have to deal with. At its simplest form, due process means having a valid ground and giving the employee a right to defend themselves before you decide on giving a penalty. That's it. But what trips...
A friend asked for advice from me today. She's a salesperson in a retail setting. In the course of showing customers the products, she came across 9 items which had factory defects. She set these items aside and reported them to the inventory department. A...