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'The judge actually congratulated me': Boss forces full-time employee to sign a freelance contract, then fires them illegally seven months later, employee gathers all the evidence to win in court

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Employee of the year' secretly working 3 jobs gets video of speech posted on LinkedIn and YouTube: 'I had to... ask them to get it removed'

Remy Millisky

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Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

Emma Saven

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‘She was "jealous of my motherhood"’: Coworker becomes ‘obsessed’ with colleague's pregnancy and sneakily attempts to make an ultrasound appointment to find out the gender of her baby, despite the colleague repeatedly declining her ‘help’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

Bar Mor Hazut

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New boss refuses to acknowledge engineering contractor's resignation or even discuss renewing their contract, tries to dictate their own bizarre notice terms: 'I've just decided your last day will be 2 months from now'

Brad Dickson

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'I've felt absolutely euphoric': New transfer gets treated poorly by entitled coworker, gets revenge by helping the newest hires get 100% of their commission

Elna McHilderson

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Boss goes on record claiming it's legal to fire employees for discussing their wages after two coworkers discover their pay is not the same, company lawyer and HR get involved: ‘It causes distress to the agency’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I worked at a place that gave you "points"... Every sick day:' Employees share the most non-functional sick leave policies they've had to work with

Elna McHilderson

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20+ Employers who talked with bizarre job candidates: 'She didn't understand we weren't going to hire her'

Remy Millisky

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‘The judge actually congratulated me and my lawyer’: Boss exploits employee using a fake freelancing contract and then fires her without warning, so she takes them to court for violating labor laws

Lana DeGaetano

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"I told my boss I couldn't come in": Company refuses to allow new HR manager to work hybrid, despite promising him a few work-from-home days in interview, when he questions them, they threaten to "re-evaluate his fit"

Emma Saven

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'Cool, I’ll just stand here then': Nitpicky retail manager tells their 18-year-old part-time employee not to touch anything without permission, so the teen maliciously complies by doing nothing at work

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I have to give it to him...': Entitled manager gets humbled after claiming employee is lazy but couldn't keep up with her duties, gets upper management to give her more staff

Elna McHilderson

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Retail boss tells assistant manager that "everyone's replaceable" when they ask for their first raise in 3 years, business struggles after they quit: 'Turns out, he was wrong'

Brad Dickson

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A Midday Lunch of 20+ Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday

Jesse Kessenheimer

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