Employer Liability Issues, Performance Reviews, Poor Job Performance

[Event] Workplace Horizons Extension: Bay Area - September 9th, Menlo Park, CA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/13/2025

The leading educational and networking event — from the premier firm for employment + labor law — comes closer to you regionally and topically. The benefits of Jackson Lewis’ annual Workplace Horizons conference in New York...more

Increased Scrutiny and Write-Ups Lead to Retaliation Verdict

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/12/2019

Here is a scenario we commonly face with clients: A poor-performing employee has not quite reached the point of termination. Just prior to a final decision on her employment, she goes to the Human Resources Department to...more

Are Healthcare Managers Killing Themselves With Kindness?

Fisher Phillips on 8/5/2019

When dealing with a difficult adversary, sage advice suggests that one should consider “killing them with kindness.” That advice does not work out well, however, when healthcare managers are too kind when addressing (or...more

Just What Does A Racially Hostile Environment Look Like? The Eleventh Circuit Provides Some Guidance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/4/2018

What constitutes a racially hostile work environment? Is one really bad comment specifically aimed at the plaintiff sufficient or do you need a sustained series of racial comments? What if you have both but no evidence that...more

You’ve Exceeded My Expectations, Valentine!

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 2/13/2015

Maybe so, according to Rachel Feintzeig, who wrote in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, “Everything Is Awesome! Why You Can’t Tell Employees They’re Doing a Bad Job.” The idea is that many employers are getting away from...more

Nurse's Poor Work Performance Outweighs Claims of Whistleblower Retaliation

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/2/2015

Lisa Pedersen was a dialysis clinic nurse who was responsible for assessing patients, working with physicians, and administering medication to patients. Pedersen was counseled about aggression in the workplace and other...more