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"Can my boss shout at me?" Stressed employees ask Google
Sad questions suggest employees are worried about their workplace...
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Harry Potter author sues former employee for £24k
JK Rowling has accused her former PA of stealing merchandise and money from her...
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Worker death | Man dies after colleague spiked his packed lunch
A worker was caught on surveillance opening colleagues' sandwiches and sprinkling them with a...
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Absence | M&S employee fired for 'taking too many sick days'
Natalie Dalziel claimed that she was struck down by three different illnesses over an eight-month period...
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Misconduct | Employee awarded £25k after '£4 theft'
Tim Marks picked up a copy of TIME magazine from a rubbish bag at his job...
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Job loss | Loyal employee fired for being ONE MINUTE LATE
Worker Robert Lockyer took his former employer to tribunal to refute the case that the Royal Mail was...
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Christmas | The WORST office Secret Santa gifts EVER & how to stop them
Cheap, useless, or downright insulting gifts cause grief for businesses every year...
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Toilet humour | Boss loses it over 'gross misconduct' Facebook post
The employee posted a meme on his personal Facebook account featuring Sesame Street's Elmo on the toilet...
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Dismissal | Employee fired for online shopping wins huge payout
She was questioned over her browsing habits at work…
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'HR scramble' | Savills under pressure after employee's account posts racist Euro 2020 tweet
The HR team will likely be scrambling to make sure that the tweet furore doesn't last longer than it...
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Legal Battle | Employee choked by colleague at Xmas party wins dismissal case
'It seems as though the company apparently did nothing,' says employment partner...
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'I love you' & lying | Staff reveal how to lose a job in FOUR words
Turning up to work drunk, engaging in office gossip and continuously failing to meet personal targets...
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Fired | Employee sacked for alleged 'racial slur' sues employer
During a live broadcast, a former chief meteorologist was sacked for using allegedly racially offensive...
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10,000 jobs axed | Royal Mail's mass redundancy plan will be a huge test of HR's mettle
The redundancy process is tough not just for workers, but for HR teams too...
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ERROR! | Boss demands worker pays back £20k after being overpaid
When an employee's paycheque arrives at the end of the week or month, they will be able to spend this...
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Toilet talk | Is this LUDICROUS sacking real?
One person took to Twitter alleging that his cousin was sacked on his first day after admitting to a...
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Nando's | Worker considered suicide after 'unfair' suspension
A former Nando's employee claimed that she considered taking her own life after she was suspended from...
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Bad managers | Loyal worker paid off after texting-in-sick furore
After being dismissed from work after texting in sick, this worker took...
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'Absolute ineptitude' | Employee finally sacked after avoiding work for 20 years
Worker who showed up in just four out of the past 24 years 'made up work' and spent days texting during...
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Discrimination | Teacher fired for 'refusing to have an abortion'
In an ongoing case, a teacher is defending her right to have a baby outside of marriage without being...
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