11/10/2008
A Tampa jury awarded $60,000 to Geno Baker, a former maintenance worker in the Safety Harbor Public Works Department, for race discrimination he suffered during his 14-year career with the department.
11/07/2008
The key to a sound discipline policy is equal treatment for all who commit similar offenses. You can’t decide to treat some employees more leniently than others without very good reason. And you’d better nail down that reason at the time you make the decision—not months or years later, after another employee has sued.