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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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476	05/16/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Teamwork is non-existent amongst co-workers at major airline	I work at the airport for a major airline. Ninety percent of the time my co-workers do not pull the...
477	05/16/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Management doesn't recognize the importance of its employees	My company's management has a way of making the employees feel so insignificant. Whenever one of us...
478	05/09/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Office newcomer arrived with snide attitude	I've worked or my agency for over 25 years as a secretary. Given my tenure, I'm not only responsibl...
479	05/09/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Employee concerned about giving co-worker feedback on her work	What would you do if you were in my shoes? I have a coworker who asks me on a regular basis what I...
480	05/09/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee upset with boss and boss' boss	I've had it with the lack of respect and support I'm getting from my superiors. I hope you can foll...
481	05/02/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Manager can't get staff to engage in staff meetings	I am so tired of having staff meetings where no one really contributes or says anything. They don't...
482	05/02/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee finds company retreat more of a hassle than a reward	Since 9/11, my company treats us employees to a spring weekend retreat in Washington, D.C. where we ...
483	05/02/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee upset over office move	My office is right next to my boss' and he just advised me that he wants me to move to an office dow...
484	04/25/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Co-worker is pleasant to managers but mean to underlings	I work with a girl who acts like a gem of an employee around management, but when they're not around...
485	04/25/06	WORKPLACE ISSUES & THE LAW	Lawfulness of city employee's termination is questioned	I have a relative who was recently suspended and then fired after 18 years with the city. In both i...
486	04/25/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Senior employee hates being micro-managed	It really burns me up to see the huge difference in the way I was treated when I first started in my...
487	04/18/06	CHANGING JOBS	Job applicant dislikes being asked about salary history	I'm looking for a new job and I'm so sick and tired of being asked what my salary was at my last job...
488	04/18/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	New employee worried over negative information relayed to coworker	I said something I wish I had never said on the second day of my new job. I was feeling pretty disi...
489	04/18/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Retired employee disappointed in former colleague's lack of etiquette	I retired a few months ago and my office had a very nice formal dinner for me at a local hotel. It ...
490	04/11/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Experienced worker doesn't like new company's lunchtime routine	I just started a new job and the people in my department have lunch with each other several times a ...
491	04/11/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Date of company retreat conflicts with summer plans	Arrogance is the perfect adjective to describe my company's top management. It's obvious by their d...
492	04/11/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Contractor having serious problems with one of his client's employees	I work with a guy who insists on trying to catch me leaving work early (I don't) but he thinks I am....
493	04/04/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Politics in the workplace has staff member crying foul	I'm the education director for a fine arts museum. We're bringing in an exhibit from Europe that's ...
494	04/04/06	EMPLOYEE/MANAGER RELATIONS	Employee wants to do the right thing with new boss' birthday	I will be starting a new job in a couple of weeks. My new boss's birthday falls on the first day I ...
495	04/04/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Supervisor's lack of employee oversight effects morale of other supervisor's employees	I supervise five people. Part of my supervisory duties includes signing off on my employees' time s...
496	03/28/06	PERSONAL WORK ISSUES	Job seeker wonders how to deal with two suitors	I've been job-hunting for over 18 months with absolutely no decent bites, and now when something pos...
497	03/28/06	CUSTOMER RELATIONS	Bank customers need to learn some manners	I've been a bank employee for over a decade and more than half of that time has been in my bank's br...
498	03/28/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Supervisor wannabe is driving us nuts	What a wannabe! There's a guy in my office who wants to be a supervisor so bad. He has unsuccessfu...
499	03/21/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Feuding co-workers jeopardize company's mission	You would think that the mission of our organization would override people's prejudices and feelings...
500	03/21/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Secretary butting into matters that don't concern her	I'm so tired of my boss' secretary butting into a lot of the conversations I have with him. And when...

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