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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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501	11/22/05	COWORKER RELATIONS	Put out with postage meter pilferer	I've seen a coworker use the company postage meter for his personal mail on several occasions. I'm ...
502	11/22/05	COWORKER RELATIONS	Co-worker gets short end of the stick	A colleague of mine is so upset and hurt because she was transferred out of our division into anothe...
503	11/29/05	COWORKER RELATIONS	Co-Worker fakes being a team player when boss is around	I have a woman in my office who is a big fake. She's saccharine-sweet to me and other workers when o...
504	12/06/05	COWORKER RELATIONS	Coworker lacks consideration for retiree-to-be	I'm retiring in just a few weeks. The person taking over my duties has known this for at least four ...
505	12/06/05	COWORKER RELATIONS	Contemplating having a talk with flirty colleague	I've got a colleague who I consider to be a very good friend. She recently got divorced and seems to...
506	01/10/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Office worker dealing with lack of privacy in cubicles	Cubicles are the pits. I know there's no privacy with them but there are times when I forget that a...
507	01/17/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Project administrator wants to be a part of the project from the get-go	Where I work, the project leaders are very important because they generate the income. My role is t...
508	01/24/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Disgruntled co-worker spreading bad vibes around the office	I have a co-worker who I think the world of, but lately it's been difficult to be around him. He wa...
509	01/24/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Coworker's preferential treatment from the boss causes angst in the office	I have a boss who has what I would call a â€œfavorite,â€? a â€œpetâ€? in our department. And this â...
510	02/07/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Office bully intimidates meek co-workers	I'm just venting. There's a woman in my office who is a first-class bully and known to prey on the ...
511	01/31/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Tired of co-worker's inappropriate outbursts	My company occupies several floors of a high-rise building. Different departments work on each of t...
512	02/21/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Need to help and set boundaries for hard-working co-worker	My problem involves a colleague who lives and sleeps our work. She thinks nothing of calling my hou...
513	03/07/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Employees in new department need more respect from those they support	I recently started working for a company that gives tours of our fair city. I'm actually working fo...
514	03/07/06	COWORKER RELATIONS	Coworkers' behavior towards fellow coworker is hurtful	This may sound insignificant to many, but my feelings recently got hurt by some of my co-workers. W...
515	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...
516	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...
517	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...
518	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...
519	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 ...
520	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....
521	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...
522	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 ...
523	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...
524	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...
525	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...

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