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Workplace sexual harassment is well defined by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EECC) Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of asexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individuals, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. (29 C.F.R. §1604.11 [1980]) Note the beginning of the definition in the guidelines…  “unwelcome sexual advances”.  This begs the obvious question… what if the sexual advances are welcomed? Do they still constitute workplace sexual harassment? Take it …

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Sexual harassment at the workplace is nothing new. But thanks to the “Me Too” movement, national awareness of its prevalence has been heightened in recent times. And for many, it is still not a really big issue, especially because it is not very well understood, and because it very, very seldom results in sex. But …

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An administrative bottleneck occurs when too many employees at a lower level of the management ladder are required to directly report to too few persons at a higher rung on the ladder. As in our photo, several persons are dutifully reporting to a single person at the same time, and clearly causing mental overload on …

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Employees are very likely to experience even minimal levels of internal conflict when working in an ideal environment.  This is so because work does not constitute the main reason for living for an employee. So that even when the workplace environment is friendly and conducive to optimal productivity, an employer may still be burdened by …

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Conflict seldom gets worse than this. A person’s  life depends on their ability to earn an income. Being “fired”, even when they say “I quit”, is a scenario to be avoided, unfortunately, but not at all costs. Sometimes it is necessary.  A strong, even if delayed reaction is almost guaranteed, and especially if the victim …

I’m Not Fired… I Quit! Read More »