Termination
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Layoffs at HP—a New Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
For decades, Hewlett-Packard had a proud culture of respecting employees and investing in research and development. That ethos has been eroding for years now.
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Re: Eliminating Sick Days
… to clearly define "excessive" as different managers will have different ideas about that. (I know one that goes on the termination warpath any time someone's so much as one minute late! This goes over real well with our long-term hogh-performing …
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Re: How to handle union president gone bad
… with counsel to see if there was any legal way to document the incidents enough that you would be protected if you needed to termination the employment relationship. Because it sounds like this guy is a loose cannon. Get all your ducks in a row. See what …
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Re: Intermittent FMLA
… for reasons to get rid of her. Major issues are being documented however and there havent been enough of those to justify termination as we do give second, third and fourth chances to all employees. Liz Posted by evabraham[/QUOTE] Has quality really …
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Civil Rights Protections Don't Extend to Wife of Illegal Immigrant
… the Indianapolis-based bank with a known undocumented alien, there ensued a course of events that ultimately led to her termination in February 2008. Kristi Cortezano filed suit, charging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …
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Re: Intermittent FMLA
… will look like we are looking for reasons to get rid of her. Major issues are being documented however and there havent been enough of those to justify termination as we do give second, third and fourth chances to all employees. Liz
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
… unemployment claim, that cannot play a role here. Sounds like there is an investigator on it. Best thing for you would be to cooperate with them, give them whatever they need, but keep it separate from your termination decision.
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
Thank you all. She was let go for non-performance. We don't plan to contest her application for unemployment -- she has applied-- because in our context, we have no reason to. There is already an investigator from the other state on it. Since there is, I really don't feel comfortable
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
[QUOTE]report her to the DOL, it is illegal and she costing us all money Posted by kmpcj[/QUOTE]
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The FMLA and the Honest Belief Rule: Monitoring Leave of Absence Abuse
… the 6th Circuit used that same defense to affirm the termination of an employee who claimed retaliation under the FMLA. This ..... honest belief rule," the 6th Circuit concluded that CBT's termination decision did not violate the FMLA: "CBT made a "reasonably …
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State Court Upholds Gay Employee's Hostile Work Environment Claim
… the Bloomfield, Connecticut, firm. Patino, who had worked at Birken as a machinist from 1977 until his November 2004 termination , said he was subjected to years of derogatory slurs for homosexuals in Spanish, Italian and English. According to the …
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Court: Worker Not Entitled to Free Speech Protections During Employment Duties
… of constitutional protection," said the ruling. The case was remanded for a new trial limited to Schumann's wrongful termination claim. Judy Greenwald writes for Business Insurance , a sister publication of Workforce Management . To comment, email …
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Woman Fired for Fertilization Treatments Will Test Bounds of Title VII's Ministerial Exception
… through in-vitro fertilization made her a "grave, immoral sinner." According to the lawsuit, when Herx appealed her termination to the bishop, he called in-vitro fertilization "an intrinsic evil, which means that no circumstances can justify it …
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Stop, Thief! Polygraph Testing and Workplace Theft
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act regulates (and restricts) the use of polygraph tests in the workplace. For example, it prohibits an employer from disclosing to anyone an employee's polygraph results without the employee's consent, and also prohibits an employer from taking an adverse action
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
In Response to Termination for cause, or not? : [QUOTE]We are about to terminate an employee ..... opinion, the additional information you have is not relevant to your termination decision. Furthermore she did work for you legitimately for 9 …
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
Hi: I agree with Howard7-- termination pursuant to the employee's poor performance or investigation by a state is not an adequate basis for denial of unemployment comp. Dave Arnold, Ph.D., J.D.
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
In Response to Re: Termination for cause, or not? : [QUOTE]In an involuntary separation, the responsibility of the employer is to advise the employee that …
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Re: Termination for cause, or not?
You have two issues here. 1) Termination for just cause - You have to be able to substantiate if necessary for Unemployment. Do you have a contract or written understanding …
