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Employee terminated while on leave for an injury

Back in March of this year I was terminated from an hourly job with the tourist industry in Hampton Roads. This was done whil...

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201	03/25/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	There's another perspective on the returning of messages	You have a lot of people who write in to you that are upset about not getting their calls and emails...
202	03/25/08	WORKPLACE ISSUES & THE LAW	Forklift driver feels shafted by the pay cut	I currently work for a very large nationwide company. We are paid on ABC pay (activity based compens...
203	03/18/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Worker worried about input in 360 review	Earlier this year, someone wrote to you about a 360 review. I have a question about this process. ...
204	03/18/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Tired of working with people who do not "play fair"	I’m so tired of being disrespected by people I have to work with in order to get my job accomplished...
205	03/18/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Wife concerned about husband's colleagues	I’m writing concerning my husband. He’s great at what he does for a living. I never worry about hi...
206	03/11/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Office manager reprimands entire staff for one employee's slip-up	I just need to blow off some steam. I work in a medical practice where I’m one of four doctors, and ...
207	03/11/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Job hunter cannot believe old friend withheld critical information	I just learned that a very trusted friend and confidante that works in the same line of work that I ...
208	03/11/08	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Office needs to handle payment issues in a more professional manner	I was so embarrassed when I got to work and saw these bright-colored flyers in each of our meeting r...
209	03/04/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	PTs say tattler needs to give it a rest	I’m a physical therapist in a very busy practice, so we’re always wishing we had more equipment, esp...
210	03/04/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	All volunteers should practice The Golden Rule	I don’t understand it. I belong to a business organization in which a big part of what we do is giv...
211	03/04/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Not responding to an email with a specific question is inconsiderate	What do you think of this? I’m mad that I didn’t get a response from an email I sent to a woman a m...
212	02/25/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Salon worker says beauty shop boss is beast to work for	I work in the beauty salon business and I’ve been doing it for over half my life. I’m very good at ...
213	02/25/08	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Patient expecting more communication from doctor	I have what I think you would call a customer service problem. I’ve been a patient of a local docto...
214	02/25/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Big boss is too friendly to supervisor's assistant	When I was hired, my boss let me know from the get-go that she had problems with the performance of ...
215	02/19/08	CHANGING JOBS	Applicant fears commute statement may jeopardize chance for job	I’m worried that I may not get a job I interviewed for because the company may think that the only r...
216	02/19/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee in need of response from management on transfer request	I asked for an inter-office transfer back in May 2007. There was a transfer form that had to be com...
217	02/19/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Co-workers clashing over email communications	I find myself in such a stupid mess. To someone looking in from the outside, he or she would probab...
218	02/12/08	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Party planner left holding the bag on gift bag costs	I have several jobs and one of my jobs is a party planner for kids’ birthdays. I charge a flat fee ...
219	02/12/08	CHANGING JOBS	Interviewee has difficulty defending appraisal rating	I was in a panel interview for a job within my company and the lead interviewer asked me what I got ...
220	02/12/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employees question supervisor's administration of self-survey	Our organization is having one of those 360-degree feedback sessions for our supervisors, and there’...
221	02/05/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Frustration mounts because everyone seems to need reminders	I just don’t get it! Why is it that when I call someone and ask him or her to do something for me o...
222	02/05/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Former employee never did her work and never told the truth	I’m a co-owner of a small web development company. We hired a part-time marketing manager the last ...
223	02/05/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Attention to detail backfires on employee	I’m in a small office and I did something that I’m not real proud of, and I’m not so sure how to fix...
224	01/29/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Worker feels blindsided by boss	My boss continually pretends to have previously asked for a task to be accomplished that she had nev...
225	01/29/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Boss does not know how to do her job	I’ve got what I call a hovering boss. She got this promotion as my boss almost a year ago because s...

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