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Lynne Curry: Workplace issues reveal character

Dr. Lynn Curry examines instances that put an employeeâ€™s workplace character to the test.

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Lynne Curry: Telling manager of safety violations gets worker fired

When I moved here in February, I was immediately hired at a popular local restaurant. On my first day and since, I've noticed health code and safety violations.
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Lynne Curry: 'Private' post cost employee her job

Q. When I arrived at work this morning, my supervisor stopped me at the door and fired me. I wasn't allowed to come into my office. He told me not to expect a reference.
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Lynne Curry: New owner drops the 'You're out' bomb

I've worked for my company for nine years. I like my job and expected to retire three years from now. Two months ago, the owner had a heart attack and died. He left the company to his wife. Last week, she asked me to meet with her. She told me I needed to find a new job by the end of the month.
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Lynne Curry: Drowsy bus driver needs to pull over, get help

A bus driver who doesn't sleep well at night worries that his fatigue at work may endanger his passengers and other motorists. He wonders if he should clue in his boss.
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Lynne Curry: Offended employee's tweet sets off social media tsunami

When female tech developer Adria Richards heard a group of men sitting behind her at a conference make sexist comments, it grossed her out. She tweeted their picture to her 9,000 followers.
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Lynne Curry: You owe it to yourself to blow the whistle

It's time for employees to speak up and follow their moral and ethical compass when they see wrongdoing at work.
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Lynne Curry: Don't let couple's comment ruin another Easter meal

Q. Every year at Easter, my partner travels out of state to be with her mom. As we've not "come out" as a gay couple to her family, I stay here. Last year a co-worker invited me to her home for an Easter meal and I gladly accepted, only to regret it and ultimately decide to quit my job as a result.
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Lynne Curry: Fearing liability for helping, employers turn their backs

Two weeks ago, a nurse at the Glenwood Gardens independent-living facility in Bakersfield, Calif., stood by and let an 87-year-old woman go without assistance, despite a 911 dispatcher begging her to perform CPR or find someone else willing to help the woman.
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Lynne Curry: Supervisor's pitch makes employee unhappy

Q. I've just learned one of our supervisors actively recruits employees into his multi-level marketing business. He may also be stealing office supplies.
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Lynne Curry: Employees have recourse against bullying boss

For years I've put up with a bully supervisor who tells me in private how invaluable I am and then ridicules me in public. At first I thought I was overly sensitive, but when others said they felt embarrassed for me, I knew I wasn't misreading what was happening.