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	<title>That's What She Said</title>
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	<description>A ford &#38; harrison blog by troy foster about the popular television series "the office"</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Season of Mercy</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/07/03/season-of-mercy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Blackburn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Martin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kylie Crawford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Lapin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night’s Moroccan Christmas episode is one of my favorites, and as usual, it offered plenty of what-not-to-dos.  At the center of the episode was Michael’s forced intervention with Meredith about her alcohol (porn?) addiction.  But there was also something else at play in the episode.  There was some serious bullying going on.

Phyllis finally has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Favors</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/25/small-favors/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/25/small-favors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness for small favors!  With The Office on summer break, we didn’t have to face Thursday night with trepidation, fearing that Michael would, in his affable way, fling impertinent comments about the Iranian election crisis around for all to hear. We are probably not the only ones breathing a sigh of relief either. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/19/first-impressions/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/19/first-impressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pam Beesly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Howard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troy Foster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation Value:  $0
Potential Savings:  $10,000 per retained employee
Last night’s rerun didn’t offer much new, so we’ll fulfill our promise to revisit the second &#8220;Michael Scott Paper Company&#8221; episode.

Michael crafted a deal to house his new company’s headquarters in a Dunder Mifflin closet. The dream team’s starry-eyed optimism soon wore off after Michael, Pam, and Ryan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotting Your Michaels (and Dwights)</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/12/spotting-your-michaels-and-dwights/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/12/spotting-your-michaels-and-dwights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Schrute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Firing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Layoffs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Supervisor issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace violence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After watching last night’s repeat of The Office, I decided that some of my clients’ stories this week were more titillating.  That’s what she said.  (Couldn’t resist.)

The theme of calls that I got this week almost made me feel like I was on the show.  I looked for cameras (and Ashton and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Envelope, Please</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/04/the-envelope-please-2/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/06/04/the-envelope-please-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Creed Bratton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toby Flenderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troy Foster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation cost: $0 - $50,000
Even though NBC is taking a break from The Office this week, we aren’t. The latest webisode, &#8220;Blackmail,&#8221; may be short but it packs a potential punch for Dunder Mifflin.

Creed wreaks quiet havoc by gathering his colleagues’ best-kept secrets and using them to extort favors or a paltry $6 from each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Been There, Done That!</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/29/been-there-done-that/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/29/been-there-done-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troy Foster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Policies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Employment law attorney Troy Foster reflects on the &#8220;Stress Relief&#8221; episode of The Office and reminds employers that while reruns may work in prime time, letting workplace problems reoccur is dangerous.

Litigation Value: $615,000 and rising . . .
Haven’t we been down this road before? The &#8220;Stress Relief&#8221; episode of The Office just keeps on giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impractical Jokes</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/21/impractical-jokes/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/21/impractical-jokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Verstegen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Bernard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dominic Verstegen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Schrute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Halpert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Office Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Time magazine is running a feature about The Office and NBC’s invitation for viewers to send in photos of hijinks in their own workspaces, like those often featured on the show. Some of the pranks featured on the show have been hilarious. From simple things like Jim enveloping Dwight’s stapler in Jello, to more complicated things like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Baby!</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/15/oh-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/15/oh-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Minor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Schrute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holly Flax]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Halpert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Origin Discrimination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pam Beesly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Lapin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Race Discrimination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toby Flenderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troy Foster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation Value: $50,000 (per Buffalo branch employee); $200,000 for various hostile work environment claims.

&#8220;Company Picnic,&#8221; the season&#8217;s final episode, was a good one. Unfortunately, that also means that Dunder Mifflin is on the hook for several claims from some of its employees.
One might think that the wrongful conduct took place at the volleyball tournament. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So You Think You Can Dance?</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/08/so-you-think-you-can-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/05/08/so-you-think-you-can-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Foster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Bernard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Angela Martin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Schrute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Kapoor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Lapin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sexual/Gender Harassment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troy Foster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation Value:  $250,000
The &#8220;Café Disco&#8221; episode of The Office might as well have been called &#8220;The Hostile Work Environment.&#8221; Or &#8220;The No Work Environment.&#8221; Dunder Mifflin Scranton turned into a coffee house dance bar at the expense of any corporate productivity.

A hostile work environment exists when an employee experiences workplace harassment and fears going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Business</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/04/30/back-to-business/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/04/30/back-to-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Verstegen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Martin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dominic Verstegen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dress Codes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Firing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Layoffs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meredith Palmer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Martinez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Race Discrimination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toby Flenderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Policies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation Value: $0
Since Troy is away on business, I’m guest-blogging again. And what a week to do so –- there’s a lot to talk about from the &#8220;Casual Friday&#8221; episode.

Although many HR folks can appreciate HR director Toby Flenderson’s dilemma dealing with employees taking casual Friday too far, there wasn’t a lot in terms of [...]]]></description>
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