As a show of solidarity to another blogger, Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users, I am taking this blog dark (i.e., no posting) for the remainder of this week. Kathy has been the victim of a foul, evil campaign including death threats and threats of sexual violence, for no reason apparently other than that she […]

Under Title VII law, a plaintiff must first submit a claim either to the  EEOC or to her state’s version of the EEOC. (In South Carolina, that’s the State Human Affairs Commission.) After the EEOC or SHAC investigates the claim, the agency will either take the case itself and prosecute it against the defendant employer, […]

If you’ve never had a disagreement with your boss, count yourself extremely fortunate. For the rest of us, though, disagreements are commonplace in the work environment. Each party has differing points of view, of course, and different personalities (which sometimes clash). Complicating those facts of life, however, is the inescapable conflict of interest - while […]