According to a Belgian newspaper, a local businessman rejected a Nigerian job applicant on the grounds that his dog was racist and would probably bite the man. The applicant was not even allowed to enter the business where he had…
A judge in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has ruled that a local brewing company must pay damages to one of its former beer tasters, after the taster alleged that his job — drinking alcohol — caused him to develop alcoholism. In…
Police officials in the Philippines were targets for criticism last week for discriminatory comments made by Samuel Pagdilao, chief superintendent and spokesperson for the Philippine National Police. Pagdilao had warned police that they might be subject to administrative charges for…
The AP reported this week that a New York jury rejected a claim by teacher Lauren Berrios against a school district for wrongful termination. Berrios sought $2 million in damages based on her claim that she was fired for being…
A former IBM employee has sued the company after he was fired for inappropriate use of the Internet during work hours. (It wasn’t for reading blogs, not that you would do that during the workday.) James Pacenza admitted that he…
Before you all erupt in either glee or rage (depending on your position), please be aware there are two conditions for applying this rule: (1) you must be in Malaysia, and (2) the insulting must be done behind your supervisor’s…
An update to last week’s story on the employee who sued after being spanked during "camaraderie-bulding exercises" at a Fresno company — the jury awarded her $500,000 in actual damages and another $1.2 million in punitives. The plaintiff, Janet Orlando,…
In case you were unclear about this, it is not okay to spank employees at work, even as part of a "motivational" program under which underperforming employees are publicly humiliated. Also not approved: pie-throwing, shouting of lewd comments, and forcing…
Jim Whitehouse is suing his former employer, RBC Dominion Securities, for wrongful dismissal. He was fired in early 2004 but the parties dispute the reason for the firing. Whitehouse testified that he felt it was due to friction over his…
A “source of embarrassment” during parent-teacher conferences, allegedly.