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6 less recognized forms of harassment or discrimination

Insperity

How can you, the leader, avoid situations that may choke productivity or get individuals and the company into legal hot water? Cubicle and office décor. You don’t have to tell your off-color joke directly to the offended party for it to be legally dangerous. Learn more about how to avoid legal snafus at your company.

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micromanaging goodbye emails, overhead lighting wars, and more

Ask a Manager

Should consultants charge for travel time? Some consultants have a standard travel time charge, broken out as explicitly that (by the exact numbers of hours, or by the half day or full day) and others roll it into the overall fee they charge for that project/that client. I thought it was odd, but it didn’t bother me.

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How the Courts Define Discrimination

Insperity

In general, common sense goes a long way, but legal rulings can throw a curve ball in the game of understanding how employees should be treated. Hewlett-Packard had a case of a Christian employee who posted anti-gay passages in his cubicle. Stay on top of new rulings, whether through e-mail blasts or consultants and attorneys.

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boyfriend’s employer keeps wrecking our plans, company doesn’t care about customer threats, and more

Ask a Manager

Is this legal? Our office “Nosey Rosey” has recently been going into peoples cubicles/offices when they aren’t around. Management’s response was in all cases was, “You are welcome to call the police and file a report on your own, but not on work time.” ” Is this normal? No, that’s not normal or okay.

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employee is angry I’m using the baby name she wanted, office heat is broken, and more

Ask a Manager

Employers are legally allowed to reclaim money that was accidentally overpaid to employees — which means that you could have been stuck repaying the mistaken amount down the road. Five months ago, I started working at one of the best consultancy companies there is. Am I legally entitled to this money?

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employee threatens to sue us when we tell her to save work files, I don’t want to put up holiday decorations, and more

Ask a Manager

However, our ownership does not want to spend money on legal advice to address the concern. She’s talking about decorating the library space, not personal offices or cubicles. Should I send my highly valued consultant a holiday gift? I’ve been working with an amazing consultant this past year.

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Top Remote Software for 2024: 20+ Tools

Fellow

Software is the primary way that remote teams connect with one another—not a face-to-face meeting, not high-fives, and certainly not cubicle chatter.” – Joey Price, CEO of Jumpstart:HR. First things first—before we jump into the best software for remote teams, let’s quickly cover why having the right software in place is so important.