Steps Toward Workplace Civility Law & Could You Qualify for Disability Benefits?

January 25, 2010

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In Episode #14 of the Hostile Workplace Podcast we review two recent cases, both of which point toward the federal courts gradual expansion of discrimination law, inching closer to requiring civility in the workplace.

Ingrid Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide (11th Cir., January 20, 2010)

Indergard v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., (9th Cir., September 28, 2009)

We also have a highly informative interview with Brian Therrien of Disability Digest. We’ve featured [Read more]

Is This Retaliation or Discrimination? Q & A with Derek D.

January 18, 2010

examination timeAcademy Member and book buyer Derek D. and I have been talking about how his bullying boss has gone over the line and started to infringe on Derek’s employee rights.  Of course there is a long history, with the supervisor Trent taking a dislike to Derek back when Trent was himself a machine operator.

After his promotion, Trent made comments that [Read more]

Academy Open! Free Copies of Printed Book Going Fast

January 12, 2010

Employment Law Academy Crest

Our Academy opens TODAY at Noon Pacific (2pm Central / 3pm Eastern).

http://www.undercoverlawyer.com/AcademyForum/

The first month is free with no obligation to continue. Plus, the first 500 people to sign up get a FREE copy of the $197 Deluxe Edition of Work Laws Exposed. This is the bound and printed edition, not an electronic download.

http://www.undercoverlawyer.com/AcademyForum/

If you decide to continue after the first month, the Academy is $47 per month. You have a full month, however, to try it out and decide if it’s right you.

  • The 30 Day Free trial of the Academy includes
  • Full access to the Private Member Forum (if you’re a regular at UCL, you’ve got to check the Academy Forum out)
  • Full access to all 8 Courses, including the key 4 “Core Courses” that make up the UCL system
  • Exclusive Interviews with experts who have appeared on the podcast including Dr. Leikling and Marilyn Veincentos
  • Campus Newspaper — with news about students, moderators, and a round up of the latest bully-fighter legal news from around the country
  • Law Library — Expansive in-house information about all 50 states, plus the text of all the laws you’re rights are based on: FMLA, ADA, Title VII, GINA, and the forms to qualify for legal protection.
  • Plus each month we will be adding a new course, new exclusive expert interviews, and more helpful information articles on the issues Academy Members want most.

All of this, plus the supportive community of the Private Member Forum.

The 500 free books (a $197 value) will go fast — get yours and take the Academy for a free test drive quick, before some else get’s your spot.

Hope to be chatting with YOU in the Private Member Forum later today!

Sincerely Yours,

Curt

P.S. Here’s the link again to get your free book and free trial: http://www.undercoverlawyer.com/AcademyForum/

To Your Resounding Success in 2010

January 8, 2010

After receiving a huge response to the following email, I decided to share it with everyone here on the site as well.
A sneak peak into the new Employment Law Academy is at the bottom of the post.

People have told me that there are more urgent problems in the world that workplace abuse, bullying bosses, and hardworking people getting fired for dumb, made up reasons.

Yes, I know about the “bigger problems” these people are referring to. I know about the global warming and the slave trade and the earthquakes and tsunamis and Osama Bin Laden. I know about cancer and birth defects and the bloody 20th century and the pollution in China and the prostitution rings in Bangkok. [Read more]