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Substance Abuse: Intervention
How to legally intervene when a manager suspects substance abuse.
Tailor Your Presentation
Learn about the importance of tailoring your presentation and the situations you may find yourself in when it becomes necessary... to effectively get your point across.
TAKE OUT Action (from The 3-OUT Approach to Workplace Safety)
The reality is you may be in an area where you just can’t escape and where you have no means of locking out the shooter. Your decision about which action to take has been made for you. This is the time when you - and the others with you - will TAKE OUT the shooter. When Take Out is your option, there are some things you can do that will increase your chances of prevailing.
Task or Relationship: Which Comes First?
Learn how people from different cultures work together... productively.
The "Whatever" Coworker (from Bad Apples™)
Dealing with an under-performing employee who appears to not care.
The Birthday Girl (Inappropriate Touching)
It should seem obvious by now, but touching in the workplace is a slippery slope when it comes to being legal. This short video shows how inappropriate touching and affection can lead to sexual harassment.
The Boss Who Knows It All… And Then Some!
One of the first things we have to do when dealing with a bad attitude is decide whether it's worth our time… especially if it's somebody you have to interact with every day... including a manager or boss.
The Critique - Sexual Harassment: It Can Happen Here
How inappropriate comments about physical appearance can lead to sexual harassment (male to female).
The Customer Who Got Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed (from Bad Apples™)
Dealing with a difficult customer - it takes work, but the benefits are easy to see.
The Family & Medical Leave Act (from It's the Law™)
One of the things you hear more and more about these days is balance. You know, balancing your work and the rest of your life. And a law with the purpose of helping employees balance their work and their life is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Private sector employers with 50 or more employees, and all schools and government employers are covered by the FMLA. It’s a complicated law and this vignette helps demystify the FMLA.
The Honeymooner - Some Jokes Aren't Funny!
How a string of one time jokes can lead to sexual harassment.
The Honeymooner - When Colleagues Get Personal
How sexual humor and double entendre can lead to sexual harassment.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - An Overview
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in January 2009. In this video, a legal subject matter expert explains the origin of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay case and its impact on organizations across the United States.
The New Max and Lorie (from FOSA™ Documenting Discipline)
Working through discipline issues can be tough. Working through the progressive discipline process using FOSA™ can help. Remember, you can only give your employees the advice and tools to help them... you can force them. This video is an example of how two employees respond to the FOSA™ approach.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Around and Around We Go
Most of us like to please and help other people when we can. Such efforts are usually a great thing, although in situations where we are asked to break the law, that natural inclination to please others works against us.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Clock Me In
We’ve all been there. It’s not uncommon to be asked to do a favor that may not be against the law, but we know that if we take that action we’ll be doing something wrong. On the surface, these favors may not seem like a big deal. In reality, something like time theft can lead to severe consequences like loss of your job, financial loss and company lay-offs.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Divide and Conquer
Dividing up a sales territory to keep a competitor out of the bidding process is an example of an illegal bidding practice known as market division. This practice usually results in higher bid prices - hurting competition and consumers.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Freedom
Time theft hurts the company. It also breaks trust. And if an employee gets caught while telecommuting, it’s likely the company won’t let others have those privileges. Depending on company policy, the employee could even be fired.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: It's Expected
While bribery may be more commonly accepted in some countries, people who work for U.S. companies and organizations are expected to adhere to U.S. anti-bribery laws regardless of the country in which they’re doing business.
The Oh Series™ Everyday Ethics: Just Move It to That Column
Asking a co-worker to change an item on a financial report might not seem like a big deal, but it is. Fudging the numbers is unethical, and since Susan’s request also violates Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, it is also illegal.