Can a manager sue another manager for defamation?
Manager A tells Employee X that he assigned a very important but difficult customer to Employee Y to handle (with the hope he would [...]
About Rita M. Risser Chai
Rita M. Risser Chai was an attorney in California for 20 years and now is an attorney in Hawaii. She authored the Prentice Hall book, Stay Out of Court! The Manager’s Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits, and she developed most of the curriculum used by Fair Measures including the firm’s first website which was praised in HR Magazine. She also wrote numerous articles on employment law including one on best practice harassment prevention training published in the magazine of the American Society for Training and Development (now ATD). She taught Law and Human Resources at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for eight years, and has presented four times at the annual conventions of the Hawaii Society of Human Resource Management.Employee Wins Discrimination Lawsuit Due to Manager’s Implicit Bias
Managers rarely tell employees they weren’t promoted because of their gender, race or age. Instead managers promote someone of a different gender, race or [...]
Is it okay to consider personal information when picking people for layoff due to COVID?
I have employees who I know are married and their spouses are essential and will be working no matter what. Others are single and [...]
Can a Supervisor spy on employees after hours?
Can a Supervisor spy on employees after hours and then tell the whereabouts of employees to other Supervisors and Managers? Rita Risser Chai Replies: [...]
Respect in the Covid Era
Almost everything has changed, but one thing has not. Everyone wants to be treated with respect—now more than ever. Workers who need to work [...]
Reasonable interview precautions in a time of Coronavirus?
In light of the Coronavirus - before allowing applicants to come in for an interview, would it be a violation of any laws so [...]
When do we need to give a promotion to an employee on FMLA?
My company wants to offer a promotion to an employee that recently went on FMLA. Should the date of the promotion and raise begin [...]
Can my manager tell others my mother died?
I informed my manager (in private) that my mother died and that I would need some time off. During this conversation, I mentioned that [...]
Can my job ask me about what my spouse puts on his Facebook page?
Can my job ask me questions about what my spouse puts on his Facebook page? No threats. My spouse is not employed at the [...]
Get Insights on Sexual Harassment from Steve Carell’s Performance (Not in The Office)
One of the most difficult sexual harassment concepts for many people to grasp is implied quid pro quo. Explicit quid pro quo is where [...]