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Hostile Workplace Podcast #3: Straight-Male to Straight Male Sex Harassment

August 4, 2008 By 2 Comments
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Download PDF Transcript Episode #3 of the Hostile Workplace Podcast, by the Undercover Lawyer To access this podcast through the iTunes music store (for free) click HERE. Announcements In Epsisode #3 I mentioned that you can follow me on Twitter. In you are not familiar with it, Twitter is a “micro-blogging” site, where people can post short, text message length updates about what they are doing each day. You can see it for yourself at www.Twitter.com .  My username on Twitter, if you would like to follow me, is “Undercover_Lawr”. Quick Tip For the Quick Tip, we talked about how employees have zero expectation of privacy for anything done with their work computer, or their work network (like signing in from home – still utilizes work network). Feature Segment – … [Read more...]

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iTunes Selects The Hostile Workplace Podcast for “New & Notable” Recognition

July 19, 2008 By 1 Comment
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"The Hostile Workplace Podcast" is currently a "New & Notable" selection in iTunes.  Thanks so much to everyone who has visited iTunes and subscribed to the podcast and left a postive comment in iTunes.  Each of those things is like a vote that the Hostile Workplace Podcast should be featured more prominently.  And it's working.  This is just one small way that we can bring more awareness to the issue of bullying bosses that turn good jobs in hostile nighmares that no one deserves. If you would like to see for youself where the Hostile Workplace Podcast is featured in iTunes just follow these steps: 1) Open the iTunes software; 2) Click on iTunes Store; 3) Click on "Podcasts", then "Business", then "Careers".  The "New & Notable" box is the top center feature.  You may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hostile Workplace, iTunes, Podcast
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Hostile Work Place Podcast #2: Sex Harassment

July 12, 2008 By 3 Comments
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Download PDF Transcript In The Hostile Work Place Podcast, Episode #2, we discuss the most explosive of work subjects, sexual harassment.  During the show we explain how the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes two types of sexual harassment: Quid Pro Quo (latin for "something traded for something") Hostile Work Environment based on sex We also explain how you can evaluate whether or not an action can be considered sexual harassment by using the idea of "unwelcomeness". If unwelcomness is established, a court will look to four factors to evaluate whether a hostile work environment based on sex exists.  Those four factors are: Frequency of the offensive conduct Severity of the offensive conduct Whether the offensive conduct was physically threatening or … [Read more...]

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Hostile Workplace Podcast: #1

June 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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Download PDF Transcript In episode #1 we discuss how in the current economy terminations and layoffs are increasing, but poor performance is often not the reason used to select who is let go and who is not. We discussed the forum posting contest for the Month of July 2008, where the top three posters to the forums at http://www.UndercoverLawyer.com will win either an Apple iPhone (3G), an iPod Shuffle, or an iTunes gift certificate.  All three top posters will also win a copy of one of the Undercover Lawyer's books about work law, such as "Work Laws Exposed". Finally, we refer to the article "10 Signs You are Bullied at Work" which is at UndercoverLawyer.com.  This article prompted a reader named Randall to write in with his compelling story, which became the main feature of … [Read more...]

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