Can we deduct an employee’s theft of cash from her paycheck?
Workplace advice: Even if a court finds your employee guilty, you don’t have the right to withhold earned wages, even those earned in the hours during which she stole.
My company wants me to sign a ‘love contract.’ I find it offensive. What happens if I refuse?
Workplace advice: I'm in a relationship with a senior manager. Since we keep it out of the office and we’re consenting adults, what business is it of my employer?
After getting burned by a previous manager, how can I show employees they can trust me?
Workplace advice: A straightforward answer, with specifics, respects the questioner and initiates trust. Then you prove yourself.
I still work with my physically abusive ex. Now, he’s about to become my boss.
If I say anything, will my employer view me as a woman with unresolved sour grapes? Is there a way to get through this that’s not horrible?
My supervisor bullies me for my weight. How can I strike back?
Workplace advice: My fat makes me a favorite target, and this morning was my tipping point. I’m quitting, and I’ve promised myself I’ll get back at him.
Guns in the workplace: What employers need to know
Workplace advice: Does your employee handbook address whether or not you’ll allow employees or non-employees to bring guns into the workplace? What about whether they can keep guns in their cars or trucks?
The new job wasn’t what was promised. With a black mark on my resume, how can I recover?
Workplace advice: When you realize you’ve selected the wrong route, you have to step back and assess your choice rather than continue to march ahead.
Is my boss a bully, or am I just being oversensitive – as he says?
Workplace advice: No matter how much fault lies with the person who irritates us, we often become part of the problem.
In a business partnership with ‘the devil’? Here’s what to do.
Workplace advice: I can pay 'Harvey' to leave, potentially crashing my business. I can sell him my share for almost nothing. Or I convince him to change - but can bullies change?
My former employee now supervises me, and it is hell
It’s not only wearing on me, but I worry what he’s telling upper management about me and what that means to my future. Things have recently gone from bad to worse.
Do you fire him? The answer is harder than you think.
Workplace advice: What if he’s a new employee who didn’t know better – and you question whether his supervisor bears part of the responsibility because he didn’t receive adequate training?
My insecure supervisor controls my future
Workplace advice: Though I could be a wonderful resource for her, I’m a no-BS kind of person who speaks his mind and what I say invariably rubs her the wrong way, especially when it’s right.