A must-read "top ten" on avoiding litigation
I recently read a suggestion that blog writers can’t miss with numbered lists like “top 10″ or “5 ways to avoid . . .” I didn’t write this particular “top ten” that appears in Workforce Management online, but I wish I had.
I suspect the author, Maxine Neuhauser, would agree with me that most employment litigation is born in the large, murky borderland between truly unlawful conduct and ideal HR practices.
She says:
It is not illegality that fuels employee lawsuits, but rather employee anger arising from perceived unfair treatment.Placing a legal label, such as discrimination or retaliation, on the seeming unfairness occurs afterward.
Supervisors, managers, executives and even human resources staff often engage in behaviors that, unwittingly, lead employees to feel misled, lied to or otherwise unfairly treated. In doing so, they increase the likelihood of litigation.
The article is:
“Oops, I Did It Again: Ten Most Common Managerial Mistakes That Lead to Litigation”
If I just listed the ten items by their headings, they would sound too obvious, and you might miss the pithy and wise explanations. So read the article. It’ll just take a sec, I promise.
