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BULLYING ISN’T ILLEGAL— OR IS IT?
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which they were created.—ALBERT EINSTEIN
WHEN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR Ray complained to the CEO that accommodating an employee with cancer left his department short staffed, HR manager Jess knew she had a fight on her hands. Ray had a practice of toeing the legal line yet making an employee’s life so miserable, he or she quit. Jess thought Ray was a bully, but he didn’t act out in front of the CEO, and his department produced great results.
Also, although Jess reminded CEO Paul that federal and state law required their company to accommodate a disabled employee, she knew that Paul cared more about Ray’s good results ...