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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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226	01/29/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	No response is frustrating	I had a brief but nice talk with one of my neighbors over the holidays at a mutual friend’s party. ...
227	01/22/08	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Customer uncomfortable that company discusses costs in public	I’ve got a customer service issue. Recently, I was in the waiting room of this particular business ...
228	01/22/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Manager no longer wants collateral duty	I have worked in hotel management for almost 20 years. I can retire a year from now, and that date ...
229	01/22/08	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Supervisor has change of heart with a particular meeting	Plain and simple, I don’t like attending meetings, and believe it or not, I’m a supervisor. The few...
230	01/15/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Rudeness frustrates co-worker	I’ve tried your advice of having a respectful talk with a co-worker I’ve had problems with for quite...
231	01/15/08	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Client's lying cannot be tolerated	I don’t know what to do. I have a client who misrepresented some things I said to his colleagues. ...
232	01/15/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Worker fed up with co-worker's underhandedness	There’s a guy in my office that gets his jollies by making those of us he doesn’t like miserable. H...
233	01/08/08	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Start 2008 with H.E.A.R.T.	Happy New Year! Do you mind sharing your H.E.A.R.T. philosophy with me and your other readers? I r...
234	01/08/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Worker rubs co-workers the wrong way	I have a co-worker who basically does not play well with others. She does not work well with the re...
235	01/08/08	COWORKER RELATIONS	Worker tires of treatment from co-worker	I hope you won’t think this is petty, but it really is affecting me and my work surroundings. I had...
236	12/18/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Worker feels like prisoner at work	I feel like I’m a prisoner where I work. I literally am not allowed to move from my desk when my bo...
237	12/18/07	COWORKER RELATIONS	Worker thinks co-worker is operating in the dark	There’s a guy in my office who has requested a voluntary transfer and our management has told him th...
238	12/18/07	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Counselor upset with potential clients' behavior	Man, I am so bummed and mad. I had scheduled a meeting over a month ago with a couple of managers f...
239	12/11/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee feels unappreciated during Employee Appreciation Week	I can’t help but often wonder how some people become bosses. My company had Employee Appreciation We...
240	12/11/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee lacks good etiquette	I have an employee who is great but needs help in the professional etiquette area. I am trying to co...
241	12/11/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Boss doesn't provide the help he could and should have	I’ve had the same boss for more years than I care to remember. I don’t think there’s enough time for...
242	12/04/07	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Contract worker angry over apparent lies about pay	I can barely contain my anger. I just learned that I was lied to about the fee I receive for my con...
243	12/04/07	COWORKER RELATIONS	Worker wants co-worker to be a part of the festivities	There’s a guy in my office who is pretty jaded and that’s putting it mildly. I’ve heard that he hat...
244	12/04/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee discovers that his times are being monitored	I happened to see that my boss is keeping book on my times – when I get to the office and when I dep...
245	11/27/07	CHANGING JOBS	Laid off experienced worker wants to stay put	I was recently laid off. I want to remain in the Hampton Roads area, but I am finding that I made mo...
246	11/27/07	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Celebrating holidays with work friends is problematic for worker	The holidays are here and I’m feeling stressed for a lot of different reasons. The holidays are str...
247	11/27/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	New employee wants challenging work	I’ve had a new job for almost five months and it hasn’t been as challenging as I thought it would be...
248	11/20/07	COWORKER RELATIONS	Grateful but uncomfortable with Thanksgiving invitation	Sorry I’m writing you at the last minute, but I just got into this situation. I live and work on th...
249	11/20/07	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee is disappointed by boss's no-show	Our boss set up a special meeting at our office to recognize a couple of the guys in our office and ...
250	11/20/07	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Sales person is dumbfounded when no product is purchased	I don’t understand why this happened. I had a meeting with a potential client’s Vice- President abo...

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