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I agree with Elle. You've been warned, whether it goes in your official file/record or not. It is the act of giving you the warning that matters, whether it's verbal, scrawled on a yellow legal pad, or typed up in letter or memo format. That in no way negates the action that was taken, nor...

Generally, warning letters/memos should come directly from the supervisor or manager involved, although they may ask the HR manager for input or guidance in writing them. I am the head of HR for my company, and I can't think of a time that a warning letter has gone out with my signature. The...

I am, unfortunately, currently dealing with someone who could well turn out to be one of those sorts of former employees. I spent the entire day working on a response to their request for information regarding their payroll, because they were trying to claim that they weren't paid for all their...

True, I was just curious because the OP said "doing something illegal (such as drugs)" and then mentioned they were directly referring to smoking pot out of a bong. So while there may be a wide assortment of reasons you wouldn't want something like that out there for all to see, it doesn't fall...

Isn't recreational pot use legal in California?

I remember one young couple I knew many years ago when we attended the same church. The wife constantly complained about the fact that she had to work with "sinners, heathens and non-Christians", and she wasn't even working in a particularly "heathen" industry. She must have been a real joy to...

And I'm sure that will carry a lot of weight with the unemployment office.:)

It might be a good idea to Google what HIPAA is before you go off on anyone here. At the very least, click on the link ("Your Medical Records") that Elle posted above. It explains about patient privacy, and in layman's terms. I'm not sure why you think that your mother should have every right...

Well then that's all that counts. If it seems like wrongful termination to you, even though you asked us and it's already been addressed by several individuals here who work with this sort of stuff all the time and also an attorney/judge, clearly your opinion is the only important one. End of...

Good to know! I know it isn't protected in my state. When I do training on harassment & discrimination one thing I've always done is ask the employees what things they may think fall into protected categories. I then proceed to use myself as an example: my age (over 40) puts me in a protected...

I don't think fat shaming is illegal discrimination in any state at this point, is it?

My son used his stepfather's name when he was a child, but I didn't want to legally change it. He started using his legal name when he was in his teens. That made life a whole lot easier for us when he was younger, and he didn't feel like the "odd man out" in the family because his name was...

I've known at least three people who have changed their minor child's last name without having to do anything with the birth certificate. They just went to court and petitioned for a name change, in the same way an adult would who was seeking to legally change their name. In all of those cases...

Me too.

Oh good heavens.

That is absolutely crazy. I've had a few short-term employees who kept turning up to make our lives miserable after they'd left the company, but never to that extreme!

Believe me, I am anything but a doormat. I am very good at saying no, and I exercise my ability to do so, often. However, I am also, as Army Judge said, a team player, something that I find sadly lacking in the workplace these days. I have about eight years left before I plan to retire. For the...

As far as I know, there are no laws anywhere that say that anyone, including the courts or the non-custodial parent, can tell the custodial parent how to spend the child support money they are receiving. Parents who are receiving child support are not required to provide an accounting to anyone...