‘bad bosses’ Archives
Cafe boss and workers fined $335,000 over bullied waitress Brodie Panlock’s suicide
The cafe boss and three workers accused of relentlessly bullying 19-year-old waitress Brodie Panlock and driving her to commit suicide in 2006 were fined $335,000 by a court in Melbourne, Australia. Nicholas Smallwood, 26, Rhys MacAlpine, 28, and Gabriel Toomey, 23, all pleaded guilty to failing to take reasonable care for the health [...]
Black employees sue Nashville Electric Service for discrimination
In September 2009, twenty black current or prospective employees filed a lawsuit against the utility company Nashville Electric Service for being subjected to discrimination and a racially hostile work environment. The lawsuit alleges that the black employees were subjected to racist slurs from coworkers and managers and that the workers who [...]
Double T Diner boss sued for sexual harassment
A former waitress at a popular diner in Pasadena, Maryland, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Double T Diner and the owner's son, Spyros Korologos, who works there as a manager. The waitress claims that Korologos repeatedly harassed her in 2007, both verbally and physically, and that she was forced to quit her job as a result of [...]
Whistleblower accuses Fort Pierce City coworkers of harassment
A whistleblower who exposed charges of corruption in the City of Fort Pierce Community Services Department complained of being subjected to multiple acts of harassment and retaliation at work. Assistant Finance Director Melissa Moore said that someone poured oil on her office chair on January 7, 2010. She also filed a complaint with the [...]
Toxic boss Vadim Poronovsky does not regret profanity-laced email to his employees
Vadim Ponorovsky, the owner of the Manhattan-based Paradou restaurant who sent an abusive email to his employees, has said that he does not regret sending the email and calling his workers names such as "F--KING LAZY DISRESPECTFUL A--HOLES" and "you bunch of f--king children". Ponorovsky told New York Magazine's Grub Street, "Out of the whole [...]
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