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 Workplace harassment takes many forms.  In the San Antonio Police Department, two police officers stuffed trash in a female co-worker’s mailbox.  They hid her squad car when she needed it. Now, the two male co-workers have been placed on suspension.  See San Antonio Express News story.  One of the male police officers is 31…

Paid maternity leave is virtually nonexistent in the US.  Even unpaid leave is not a given.  Since, the Family Medical Leave Act only applies to employers with 50 or more employees.  A worker must have worked for the employer some 12 months prior to requesting the FMLA leave.  According to one public agency, the FMLA…

 A San Sntonio soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.  PFC Diego Montoya was Mehtar Lam in Northern Afghanistan.  A 2009 Taft High School graduate, he participated in the high school JROTC program.  He was serving with the 64th MP Company.  See San Antonio Express News report.  His mother said he always wanted to serve in…

Yes, emails sent from the workplace almost always belong to the employer.  That still seems to be a shock to many employees.  Look at the story of Chris Gonzalez, grandson of a well-known, former San Antonio Congressman.  See San Antonio Express-News story.  Mr. Gonzalez has reportedly been sending harassing emails to a former girlfriend.

I do not understand.  I read polls saying Americans disfavor a mosque near Ground Zero and many Americans prefer not to have any mosque near their homes.  And, yet, I do understand.  If I had not spent 12 months in Iraq serving in the Army and working closely with several Iraqi, Moslem interpreters, I might…

So, you get angry with your employer.  They fire you.  You want to get back at them for what "they" did to you.  Most people start thinking lawsuit.  Not Edward Harrington.  He decided to start a blog complaining about his former employer, Levinson Axelrod, a prominent New Jersey law firm.  He started a blog called…

Judge Keller’s appeal fails with no comment from the court.  See report.  The Texas Supreme Court rejected Judge Keller’s appeal.  See prior post.  Keller appealed the Commission’s public warning, arguing the Commission was authorized to sanction her or not sanction her.  Judge Keller argued in her appeal that issuing a public warning was…

A San Antonio soldier was killed in Afghanistan.  Nineteen years old, PFC John  Andrade was killed by an IED.  See San Antonio Express-News report.  He apparently survived the explosion and even called home.  He told his family that he was fine except for bumps and bruises.  A few days later, the family was notified…

Tweeting your way out of a job can happen.  See report.  The Middle Eastern editor for CNN sent a brief tweet about the passing of a Lebanese cleric who was known for being anti-American.  Octavia Nasr tweeted that the cleric was "one of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot."  The editor meant the cleric’s…

 Another incident of workplace violence.  This time in Connecticut.  See news report.  The shooter’s family say the shooter had been harassed due to his race, African-American.  In any event, he was video taped stealing some product.  The morning of the shooting, he was going to a disciplinary hearing.  He had worked for the beer…