HR Fender Benders

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DON'T DO THIS: Holiday Edition (Click to open/close)

Consider the affects of drinking too much on your relationships with your coworkers, your professional reputation, your manager’s ongoing regard, the office gossip mill, and your own view of yourself. Set your limit; stick with the limit you set. Don’t risk your professional reputation for a third or fourth drink at a company event.

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Sexual Harassment(Click to open/close)

Sexual Harassment is funny in a cartoon but not funny when it happens in your business. With over 25% of all discrimination and harassment suits costing businesses in excess of $1,000,000 each, conducting a carefully developed sexual harassment seminar for supervisors and employees will be time and money wellspent*. 

You care about the environment you provide your employees. For $250 you can make sure it continues to be a place of respect. You can also protect against a frivolous lawsuit if it does happen. The US Supreme Court has stated that for a company to reduce liability for harassment claims it must train employees and supervisors, require employees to report incidents of harassment, thoroughly investigate all reports and take corrective action when necessary.

To schedule your Sexual Harassment training, please contact TripleTrack HR Partners at 716.638.8041 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ".  Select a date for your training before November 1, 2011 and received a 10% discount (training dates booked by April 1, 2012).

*Source:  Nation's Business, December 1, 1998, p.18

"Life in a Box™ cartoon is copyright 2007 - 2009 CubicleCartoon.com and has been used with permission of the author, Abigail Spankie.

Have you ever done this? (Click to open/close)

"A Vice President accidentally sent details of all his employees' salaries on a company group e-mail. Realizing his error, he set the fire alarm off to clear the office before deleting the e-mail from every inbox."

Share your text or e-mail "Oops" with us and we will remove your name and share back with all of you next month.  Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to share with us. 

Results of E-mail Oops

1. HR e-mailed a spreadsheet containing employee extensions. However, it also had some hidden columns that contained each person's salary.
2. An internal memo about restroom etiquette was accidently sent to a prospective client.
3. Someone sent an e-mail to a supervisor complaining about one of their workers who'd been skipping her shifts - ranting and raving about how we should let her go and cc'd the employee too!

Is this how your employees handle conflict? (Click to open/close)

Not all do, but you have probably had employees who handle disagreements like those kids did.  Steer clear of these roadblocks by aligning employee behavior and your expectations through a well documented handbook.  Beyond the handbook, knowing how to handle conflict in your company and how to equip your employees is worth pursuing.  If you're not sure how to get started, ask us for directions.

Ever Overhear this at Your Office? (Click to open/close)

"Life in a Box™ cartoon is copyright 2007 - 2009 CubicleCartoon.com and has been used with permission of the author, Abigail Spankie.

Man gets friend to shoot him to avoid workplace drug test (Click to open/close)

I can’t come in to work today to take my drug test because I’ve been shot.

The employee in this case wasn’t lying. He really was shot. In fact, he asked a friend to shoot him so he didn’t have to report to work.

Daniel Kuch of Pasco, Washington, told police he’d been the victim of a drive-by shooting while jogging, according to wire service reports.

Later, Kuch fessed up to purposely getting shot in the shoulder to miss work.

Kuch is expected to be charged with false reporting; his friend faces reckless endangerment charges.

Police won’t say where Pasco worked. May not matter because he probably doesn’t have a job anymore.

Source:  April 1, 2008 by Fred Hosier 
              Posted in: Dubious decisions, Latest News & Views

"Stupid is as stupid does." - Forrest Gump 

Be glad you don't have to work with this GUY! (Click to open/close)

Workplace Communication - Best Practices

Internal communication plays a key role in organizations. Effective communication contributes to improved teamwork, safety, innovation and quality of decision-making in organizations.