A recent national journalistic piece counselled employers about firing employees. Many employers need the advice. Employers can be ruthless when they decide they want to remove an employee – regardless of the employee’s tenure or devotion to the firm. The journalist’s coaching was not directed towards the subject of…
Many people have experienced their employer’s abuse. The abuse may take the form of verbal humiliations and disgrace, demotion, dismissal from employment and replacement by a younger, less experienced and less costly employee or coercion to work for reduce or no compensation or benefits. Employers justify their antics by citing…
Money damages for “whistleblowers” have become more common in recent years, in part because the Obama administration has emphasized prosecution of company and hospital officials who benefitted from their false claims for federal payments or reimbursements. Private whistleblowers have also received monetary awards for exposing wrongful or illegal activities of…