Ask a Manager

MARCH 28, 2022

Everything I do is under an attorney’s supervision, so there is no unauthorized practice of law issue, but these advanced requests bog me down and prevent me from being able to keep up with the work that I am supposed to be doing. If the answer is no, there isn’t anything they can do, should I consult an employment lawyer?

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway. I started the book project for two reasons.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A large part of my actual work ended up being supervised by one of our external consultants. So they asked me to work overtime – unpaid, of course – which in my role was not legal. She wasn’t actually a very good manager in general, and an even worse one when she didn’t actually understand my job.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

for those on parole or a supervised release from prison in the past 12 months, and 9.2% Involvement with the Criminal Justice System : SAMSHA also reported that the percentage of American adults with serious suicidal thoughts was 10.7% among those who were on probation.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Point it out, dot your legal I’s and cross your HR T’s and let them go—you’ll be doing everyone involved a favor.” And this counterproductive culture ripples throughout the organization. But it’s not just the best workers.

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 19, 2021

A reader writes: I lead a small team of four: two assistants who I supervise, and one colleague at my level but who doesn’t have supervisory duties. As for encouraging a call to the EAP, you have an advantage in that an EAP provides all kinds of help — mental health, legal, and financial. A last resort is to contact her family.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

For context, we are in a profession that requires us to be licensed by state boards and we work closely with the legal field. We are consultants and the person is the head of his own small consulting firm. I’m using the material I created on my own website (which is legally sound, I checked our “agreement”).

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I had a brief career in IT consulting, after which burnout caused me to hop around for a few years to decompress, doing mostly warehouse and retail. But assuming neither of those was in play in this situation, the legal angle isn’t the one you want.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 6, 2021

The adult child (“Kate”) of one of our directors recently applied for a position within our company (but not under her mom’s direct supervision). I was never told) but there was some consultation with the staff about whether we were okay with that. My boss is interfering with her daughter’s background check.

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Minding the Workplace

AUGUST 13, 2022

Namie, The Bully-Free Workplace (2011)* — The Namies’ step-by-step program for employers that want to pro-actively address workplace bullying, drawing upon many years of research and consulting. Metcalf, Stop Bullying at Work: Strategies and Tools for HR, Legal, & Risk Management Professionals (2nd ed., Daniel & Gary S.

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently there were concerns of him possibly bullying a new colleague he was training, and he was skipping supervisions and making rude comments to his supervisor (which we addressed with direct feedback). We gave the computer to our IT consultant, but nothing can be recovered. That’s what you’re legally entitled to do.

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Fellow

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Features: Firstbase offers companies access to a potent startup ecosystem, a dashboard view, credits for a number of services, a US business bank account, legal guidance, a free tax consultation for their business, and more.

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