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HR manager Lynn Rondo was scrolling through resumes on LinkedIn when company attorney Eric Bressler walked into her office. “Got some bad news,” Eric said as he sat down. “Brianna Tarth is suing us. She’s claiming we fired her because of her race.” “That’s insane!” Lynn said. “We fired Brianna because she didn’t follow our […]
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“OK, I’ll admit I lost my cool and called Bill a loser and a junky in front of the others,” supervisor Mitch Hayes told his HR manager Carol Lumpkins. “But you have to understand,” Mitch continued, “Bill was impossible to manage. He showed up whenever. He was late every day and never finished any job.” […]
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Vince listened to the question from Rob, the HR manager, and then replied: “Yes, I did tell Anne to ‘be careful’ about getting pregnant. “Another employee had already left to have a baby, and I was just trying to explain that our staffing bind would get a lot worse if she got pregnant, too.” “Which […]
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HR manager Carla Amos began the meeting with William by asking, “Did you make any comments to Alex about his gender before you fired him?” “Huh?” William exclaimed. “What do you mean?” “Let me start at the beginning,” Carla replied. “You fired Alex for being late too often, right?” “Right,” William nodded. “He had three […]
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Jerry shot a look across the lunch table at Lisa as he spoke. “You think we should stop seeing each other? Why? I thought it was going great.” “It was,” Lisa nodded. “The problem is that you’re training and supervising me and a few other people here. And you’ll have to make a decision about […]
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“I hope you’re not planning on leaving that work for tomorrow,” Wendy said, “because I need that report first thing in the morning.” “And you’ll have it first thing in the morning,” Janet said to her, sharply. “Oh, no, no, no you don’t,” Wendy said. “I need time tonight to look this over. You can’t […]
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HR director Cindy Lopez got right to the point: “Did you tell your group that you gave Shelley a promotion because the department needed ‘some young blood at the top’?” “I did say something like that,” Ron answered. “I mean, we’re trying to do more with our online stuff, so I meant that it would […]
