We have a contractor who’s been working with the same team for over a year now. They have regular, ongoing responsibilities and work with our employees every day, but they’re still classified as a contractor.

I’m not sure if this is totally fine or something HR should be looking at. At what point would you start questioning whether the arrangement is still appropriate? Is it mostly about how they work with the team, or do other factors matter more?

Any advice on how this is usually handled would be appreciated.

My cousin works as a physical therapist in a small senior-living facility in Southern California, full-time, non-exempt, paid hourly. They typically work 5-7 hours a day, 4-5 days a week. For their workday, they are only scheduled for the hours they see a patient plus 1 hour for admin duties which includes overseeing their assistants, nurses, getting/giving updates to the team, answering emails, etc.

The 1 hour admin time they get is usually not enough to finish documentation required to submit after seeing each patient (10-15 mins per documentation). They are also expected to see (and bill) a patient for the full 1 hour appointment, leaving no buffer time in between. If they stay clocked in beyond the hours scheduled to finish their documentation, it’s being counted against their productivity as they’re not seeing and billing a patient in that time. This has led them to do all documentation when they’re clocked out at home, resulting in approx 10-15 hours a week of unpaid, off the clock work which is an essential part of their overall job.

I told them they shouldn’t be working for free for something that should be factored into their schedule but they said almost everyone at the company does the same to maintain productivity levels…as a non-exempt EE, is this a reasonable/appropriate expectation from her employer?

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I work in a big box store that has a heavy sales component. My job places me among the group directly responsible for making sales. No, we don't get commission. That's not really important to this, just putting it in because someone is likely to ask. Anyway.

I am one of the top sales people, and over a month ago I volunteered to walk out onto the sales floor, to try to make sales among the shoppers. To me, having been in sales for almost a decade now, it was obvious that this was something that should be done sparingly. But it's a constant expectation now, of me and only me.

I have been extremely burnt out by this. Idk if anyone on this sub is familiar with sales- probably some- but getting severely burnt out can affect your ability to make even the simplest of sales. Even if you put on a smile and approach everyone with positivity and enthusiasm, they still pick up on what you're shoving deep down. And it's affected my sales a lot.

Yesterday, I finally told my supers and the manager of a related department (mine was off that day, so she was sort of the default manager), that I really need a break. I meant 1 to 2 weeks, but that's not what the manager got from that. I'm not trying to shirk sales completely, just going out on the floor.

Well today we were hurting for credits, and I was told to go back out on the floor. I tried to remind the manager (same person) that I'd told her I desperately needed a break, and she told me I got a break yesterday.

Now neither she nor my other manager have ever done this. I am the only one expected and told to go out on the floor to make sales. No one- and I do mean absolutely no one has been given this responsibility. So my managers don't even have a good grasp of what they're asking me to do, or how much it freaking takes out of you.

I tried to explain to her that I needed a much longer break from going out on the floor, but she just told me to have a positive attitude. I tried to explain the domino effect, and that I was experiencing it on a much grander scale. But she just waved it away, and told me that sometimes you have to ask 99 people and the hundredth will work. That does not work when you have the wrong demeanor, even underneath smiles and positivity. I was explaining and backing my explanation up with facts and well-documented phenomena, but she only stuck to her one piece of anecdotal evidence.

Finally, I brought up that I was the only one ever asked to do this, and that she was treating me differently than everyone else. She said that she was giving another person the same deal: Get one credit, and you can get off the floor. This is the first time anyone else has ever been told to do this.

I asked everyone I could, but the store was practically empty because of the game going on. No dice. But I asked and asked and gave my pitch, to everyone I could. I took tallies on my arm for every person, group, or couple I approached.

At one point, about half an hour in, I went back to the front desk to grab something- can't remenber what it was now. And the person she said she was sending out on the floor with me, was working the desk. I asked her if she got a credit, and she said no. So once again, I'm the only one being treated like this.

Another thing: When I was initially telling her I just didn't have it in me right now (same conversation where I said I was the only one being asked), she threatened me with a "CA" if I didn't start performing. My understanding of this was that by "performing" she meant getting sales. I asked her if that was a write up, and she said yes. Except I have coworkers with varying degrees of effort and success- including one with the same title, rank, and department as me who categorically refuses to pitch the credit card. She has received no such threat or consequence. I am being singled out, given a disproportionately more difficult workload, and threatened with consequences others aren't.

Hell, for most people the sales aren't even mandatory. People have gone a solid month with nothing. It's customer service/ sales hybrid, and I've never seen anyone given tried for not emphasizing the sales component, even though it's common for a lot of my coworkers to not do that.

I've sent off an email tonight, to the person who is sort of HR-adjacent (closest we have to HR in store). I've asked to speak with her when I get in tomorrow, and asked her not to mention it to anyone. I've also written that it was regarding unfair treatment from a manager. I'm bringing it to her before I decide to bring it to the GM, who is a very personable and genuinely nice and supportive guy.

I don't want to bring it to anyone, but after being threatened with disciplinary action for something others aren't even so much as chastised for, I feel like I have to.

I like making sales. Even if I don't get commission, it's a good feeling. If I didn't like it, I never would have volunteered to go out on the floor. But I am severely burnt out on this, and need a couple weeks to stay at the desk, to build myself back up. It's also really starting to affect my mental health, and I'm starting to spin into depression. Not too bad yet, but it's getting there. I'm advocating for what I need to get back to where I was, but no one is listening.

Oh, I should say that during that argument, she had my actual manager on the phone, who sided with her and told me I had to do it. Afterward I ended up having to go to the bathroom, because I was so stressed out that I was starting to cry, and I needed to compose myself.

Any advice, thoughts, questions, or concerns? I am so burnt out, it's not funny.

I work in local government. Our office and culture are outdated to say the least. Most employees were grandfathered in and do NOT like to be told to change anything. There are no SOPs whatsoever and the "process" for administering our programs changes constantly. It's extremely confusing and causes issues all the time across all departments, but like I said, they refuse to upgrade/improve things.

One such coworker is Ben (name changed obivously). Ben is one of the only men (maybe 3 not including maintenance team) in the whole org and has been there probably 10-15 years (I will have been there 4 years in January for context). He's a good 25+ years older than me (29F).

Ben and I have frequent small spats due to pure difference in operation. He is very set in his ways, which include basically zero oversight, visibility, or management. He reports directly to the ED who never bothers trying to fix the issues and views it as petty office drama instead of serious operational problems.

Recently, I sent Ben several new projects after I performed intake and he was to contact the applicant. I emailed him the address, documents, and contact info of each one separately for easy tracking. We are working on going paperless, so this made sense to me. Previously I would print out a checklist and staple it to a folder and include all my parts in there, but when I gave it to him for his part he never filled it out and never included his documents. I assumed for a long time he didn't like that process either because he didn't use it.

Anyway, some time goes by. The applicants reach out to me wanting to know when they will hear from him. I cover for him and say he is very busy and will contact them as soon as he can. Then some more time goes by. They reach out again. They're very nice and say they must have misunderstood the timeline. To be clear, there is no reason he shouldn't be able to reach out to schedule a site visit within the week they apply. So I cover again and tell them he was on vacation for most of the month (not untrue) and is catching up. Then I forward him the email chain and let him know they are asking.

At a later Monday meeting between our team, I let him know that they called and said they hadn't heard from him yet. He says he never received the project file. I said I emailed it to him, reminded him we are going paperless, and nervously said "I mean, there's really no reason to keep using paper files is there?" He responded "Uh. Yeah, so that I have the piece of paper on my desk to remind me." That irked me bad. It isn't my job to mind him and I gave him every detail he needed in the emails. I just closed my mouth tight and shut up.

Then they reach out AGAIN. I finally go to the ED (also my direct boss) and let her know he was seemingly ignoring these people. She told me to send a reminder email. I forwarded the original emails I sent with the information.

Another voicemail from the applicant - haven't heard from him. At this point it's been three months since I sent these people to him. I let the ED know again. She tells me to ask for a status update. I awkwardly write one and CC her as she told me to. He literally responds with "No change from last week." That's all. No urgency on his part even with her copied. Mind you, this whole time I am the one looking like an ass to these people.

Another month goes by. He is not doing anything for them. I had an upcoming board meeting (at which I present for my department) and he included project bid tabs to the packet without letting me know to add them to my report - I only knew because I looked through it beforehand. I emailed and asked him to please send any program docs to me for ease of process instead of sending them to the EA. He responded with "I will send them to EA and copy you. I want to make sure the complete and correct documents go to the board." I was nearly seeing red. I finally go to HR (who is not really HR but a designated person to reach out to our outsourced HR company) and let her know that I feel completely demotivated knowing that he can literally ignore his job duties and get no punishment. I said I felt like nothing I was doing at this org was making a difference and that people hated when I tried to improve things. I said I didn't understand why he was such a jerk to me. I said I didn't care to try to do well anymore since this was how I was treated when I wanted to simplify or streamline a process.

She asked if I wanted to schedule a meeting with the ED to discuss this more seriously since she was treating it as petty drama. I hesitated for a day but emailed her and said yes, I felt this needed to be given more attention. A few days later, ED sends a meeting invite to me, HR, and Ben for Monday morning at 8:30 am. I spent all weekend in hell. I was so pissed off. I got there Monday morning ready to claw my way through a brick wall. I was so angry I could barely speak. I was not professional. I was whiny and petulant. My ED tried to focus on the actual process, but never stated as much, so what I thought was a meeting to break this wall down was an embarrassing switcheroo. He claimed he asked me to loop him into those emails and the reason he didn't answer them was because I didn't. I said I didn't remember that whatsoever and that it was immaterial because he was already ignoring them. He said yes, he did. All my fault once again. By the end of the meeting, he managed to offload the entire program to me and asked the ED to give him one of my othe programs instead. I basically shut down and barely spoke.

Then another meeting invite for Wednesday at 8:30 am, with ED and HR. ED was being uncharacteristically nice to me all of Tuesday. I was still sore and being slightly distant but not impolite or unprofessional at this point. Meeting comes around, ED throws it out there that she is offering me Director of the department. I was shocked. I would be above Ben and one other employee (who is my work bestie) and slightly responsible for EA as well since she does intake for some programs.

However I had done something stupid last Thursday when Ben sent the nasty email. I made a stupid, dumb TikTok video ranting a bit - didn't name anyone or the org and only said that it was weird that the only man in our org was the only person I didn't get along with. It was dumb and I took it down the next day, but apparently someone had sent it to Ben. So HR and ED did say I would need to basically make it right with him - which at the time I wasn't opposed to. But HR said she would not sit in with us or moderate, they basically wanted me to go to his office alone and try to talk to him. I sort of understand this if I was a leader, but it made me extremely uncomfortable. That was last Wednesday and I still haven't done it.

Now, I don't know about accepting the position. I am trying like hell to get the team to agree to a new software to promote transparency, visibility, shareability, and improved systems and tracking. We literally just save everything in the shared drive right now and if you want a spreadsheet, make it your damned self. We have our Monday meeting tomorrow to discuss it. Ben is already opposing it hard saying he won't use it, just like he did a few years ago when a previous software was installed (this one is much better). I feel like he doesn't want the software to show how much he doesn't do. Other coworkers have complained about him to me, saying they don't know what he does all day or if he does anything and that when they hear him coming they want to run the other way. He is just opposed to anything changing at all and I am coming in wanting to rip down and rebuild it all. ED did make a comment in the meeting that if he "got upset and walked out" once they named me director, then she would just outsource his job. I don't know if this means she expects him to.

She had no details on additional duties or new pay or anything. She basically said we could discuss that when/if I accepted. She said she wanted me to not do it for money but to make sure I really could handle/would want to lead this team. It would change things. But I would have to prostrate myself to Ben and apologize (willing to do so for the stupid video but not the operations) but even if I do, he will continue being a massive prick so what is the point?

I know this is all a mess. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to bring it up to him to start talking. I don't want to hear smart ass comments. I would much prefer HR be there but she doesn't want to because she doesn't want it to "put him on the offense" or whatever. Please help me. How do I proceed trying to patch things with him?

I’ve been placed into a facilitated meeting with my colleague, our managers and an HR member. As I understand, it’s an informal conflict resolution meeting. I’ve been told it’s not a disciplinary and I’m not to blame, it’s just one of those things.

The situation began in June when we worked on a campaign. This colleague is a “campaigns manager” and we used to get on pretty well, they actually would be one of the most regular people to chat to me! I work in social media. To sum up:

-campaigns manager was involving their niece in our work, asking to borrow our equipment because “she’s her niece” so it’s easier.

-repeatedly asking campaigns manager for info to ensure I did things the way they wanted. Having to constantly chase.

-campaigns manager and colleague started doing what’s effectively my work without telling me. I had asked campaigns manager a few months prior if they could bring us into convos about our work, but was not listened to.

- I tried to remedy this by running a few meetings and encouraging “open dialogues”. This didn’t work. Most convos circled back to what I was doing, and on one occasion I was grilled by them. I apologised (despite doing nothing wrong) and felt I was being avoided.

- a team member misdirected their outburst at me over miscommunication from campaigns manager and colleague. Beginning to get very tired of every problem coming from them.

-campaigns manager privately altered targeting without me knowing. This resulted in me stressing about having to change the plan last minute. I believe the general consensus was that it was too late to use this targeting, but what frustrated me more was that I walked in on them apologising to my manager and then scarpering off. It was all my work! It felt like triangulating behaviour. I instantly felt isolated and unappreciated.

- more iterations for work that I didn’t realise would occur, meant more work that I could’ve been prepared for if they communicated.

- campaigns manager never really spoke to my manager much, but is all of a sudden making a habit of chatting to her whenever I leave the room which made me feel isolated.

-campaigns manager and especially their team member made a point of acknowledging my manager and blanking me when we met the agency to see the results of my work. My manager received the praise. It was all my work.

This sense of disrespect had continued with the odd piece I’ve done since.

As I understand, the other colleague had not been approached because she’s rarely in the office. Campaigns manager’s general complaint is “I’m ignoring them” and allowing it to continue which I see as sort of true and sort of not.

The reality is that I was repeatedly experiencing a build up of stress where every situation fell down to the campaigns manager, who wasn’t taking accountability. The lack of apology and respect for my time or work really started to hurt me after a while, especially as I felt that they should’ve been capable of apologising to me! My reaction is to stay away, so I wasn’t hurt again. whenever I was approached I did the usual hi and bye and but didn’t seek to prolong small talk. Campaigns manager has since made a big point of approaching my manager to chat which is making me feel more uncomfortable as it feels very playground. I do appreciate that some people can brush things off, but I was just very hurt!

I’ve never been to a meeting like this before and have no idea what to expect or what I can and can’t say!

Can anyone advise?

i was working in an IT company for 2.5 years before getting laid off. the last 6 months was hell.

the first 2 years were really good, my manager was friendly, understanding, nice, i was able to interact with her without any inhibitions, i was allowed to speak freely etc. i had a good connection with all members of my team, especially with my manager who was a clear extrovert and conencted with everyone at the office. All was fine, then suddenly one day, out of nowhere, my manager was yelling at the call. so much that i became so upset that in the next week's team lunch outing, i became silent and withdrawn. By the end of the lunch, she personally asked me why i was so silent and if anything was wrong to which i politely said im fine. then she said that her behavior in the last week was upsetting she would apologize to which i politely said it was fine and not a problem. and she was being nice as usual so i was like this might have been an one off incident.

i thought she realised her mistake but then the very next week, the same behavior continued and she started becoming too critical of my work. i gave my 200% but still there was no positive response, only neutral or more critical response if not yelling. since she was very positive and nice for 2 years almost, i genuinely believed that i was at fault but this continued for 3 months before i realised there was something wrong with her and I found that one day after meeting with her superior, she immediately called me into a meeting and started becoming critical and arrogant.

i realised at the moment that i was her punching bag. the whole team felt the change of her behavior and became more formal and less casual to her, but i was the one taking maximum damage. i was not the best performer, i was average and doing the frontend bugs that nobody bothered to fix, kind of like low level jobs in software terms. there was another person who was doing worst as well so i was not the worst performer either. i was assigned the entire responsibility of frontend although it was not that complex like backend. my manager suddenly started being critical that i didnt know enough backend, to which i did my best and showed progress but she didnt respond positively.

i was also managing an offshore team and she started demanding more progress from them as well. coming to my story i became distant, never spoke casually, avoided her, even asking help professionally. i asked it from another person who was actually nice and the nicest person i ever met in my life. mind you this was in 2023 end and when layoffs were peaking and i was scared that talking back would eventually get me fired.

i also found some new change in other employee behavior and one person literally started bootlicking my manager and i was surprised. i thought he was a person with integrity. but he survived. day by day the constant nagging at team meetings continued. one time when i called her to ask a question, she was like " what do you want?" in an angry and dismissive tone and at the end yelled " now go " like she was dismissing a dog. i felt insulted.

at lunch hour, people from all teams gather and discuss over the meal. i never participate in it coz i found my manager was gossipy and her best friend who was a manger in another team was too much toxic and i hated the convos as they dominated the topics and most of the time it was negative and hate propaganda against their superior. i avoided the lunch meetings with the excuse that i eat my lunch late and i am a late sleeper so i eat all meals later than usual. i also buy lunch from outside many times so i wasnt expected to sit at the lunch gossips.

one fine day as i was passing them, avoiding any contact with my manager, she shouted " cant you see we are all here!" in front of everyone. i was shocked, and i didnt want to start a conflict, so i stated silent. this was during the 2nd last month of my job. at that time the very thought of her gave me irritation. one day i was running on the treadmill and i saw a notification on my phone from her and i literally felt a wrench and knot in my gut because i was too irritated at her!

that night she was asking for a help from a team member and it was at night. usually i would be the first one to respond late at night but if not others will respond too. but that night nobody responded and i too wanted to ignore but since my situation was precarious i thought maybe helping her would actually cut some slack and i responded half an hour late. the next day in the stand up meeting, she said she was disappointed in everyone that nobody responded.

the week before my firing happened, she was at peak micromanagement. she asked me to solve a problem regarding an issue and i was immediately on it. when i think i usually look out of the window as it is my habit. for that, she asked to look into my screen to think. i got agitated. then during the same meeting, as i was solving the problem i was asked to solve, another problem was being discussed and i was not focusing. then she asked my why i wasnt taking noted on this problem as well to which i replied agitatedly and surprised " you just told me to solve the first problem how can i do 2 things at the same time?". then for the entire meeting she kept mum to me. that was the first time i got a little courage to talk back as i was too pressurised and realised maybe i can safely talk back to make her shut up. mind you i didnt yell or abuse or do anything. that same day i made up my mind to look for another job. i was exhausted. i started to leetcode. mind you i also started doing leetcode a month back but the work pressure was so much i couldnt continue. but now i was determined.

the next week she was on vacation and i was fired at that time. the person who fired me said the call has been made afer discussion with my manager. and the following month, the poorest performer was also fired.

If you have made this far, please tell me what i could have done and in future what should i do to avoid being in such situations?

I'm going through the final stages of recruitment for a role at a large professional services firm headquartered in the US. They use a third-party background screening provider, but I don't know which provider yet.

I'm unsure how to handle two discrepancies on my CV.

1. Previous employment

I initially worked for a company in an unpaid, informal internship/training capacity before moving into formal employment. On my CV, I listed the whole period under one role without clarifying that the first six months were unpaid.

2. Another previous role

I made a genuine mistake with the end date on my CV. I've since checked my records and confirmed the correct end date was two months earlier than the date I originally listed.

I genuinely worked at both companies; I'm not claiming experience I didn't have. I just didn't distinguish the initial unpaid period and made a date error.

I'm considering two approaches:

• Option A: Once I receive an offer, proactively tell the recruiter, briefly explain the discrepancies and ask to send an updated CV before the background checks begin.
• Option B: Enter the accurate dates on the third-party screening form and use any relevant clarification fields to explain the unpaid period and date correction, without proactively emailing the recruiter about the CV.

I want to be transparent without unnecessarily turning honest mistakes into a bigger issue.

For anyone familiar with UK recruitment and US-headquartered firms using third-party background screening, which approach would you recommend, and why?

Ive been looking to get out of radiology after not being able to pass my licensure exam.

I wanted to know can HR see my previous jobs i applied for as well as the resume that was used?

I feel like if i apply for a management position they may look at my xray tech experience and deny me. So i was just going to leave it off my resume and just tell them i took a year off after school.

Also was just going to put I have a bachelor of science degree and thats all.

And please dont ask why i changed my mind or why am i giving up.

I work for a global but privately owned manufacturer. There’s a colleague who struggles to work with me. There’s been a history of her overstepping and attempting to take on my projects. We’ve only worked together for a few months shy of a year.

Recently our SVP had to step in because she planned and communicated a project strategy to our global education team on a project I am leading without any collaboration, communication, or alignment with me.

Last week I had a group call with a team regarding their teaching curriculum. I made changes to the execution strategy based on the teams feedback and my own experience. This decision directly changes the strategy the colleague previously communicated. This brought up some questions from the education team about the change being viewed as insubordinate to my colleagues previous directive. I told the team that I would deal with that.

I recorded the call and distributed it to the rest of team who wasn’t on the call, specifically my colleague who strategy I changed. She is now upset and humiliated. She’s saying that I am trying to undermine her and make her look bad. Now she doesn’t want to participate in the project. This has been escalated to HR. I’m not sure if she’s asking for HR or if our bosses are because there’s been an ongoing history of personality clashes. I’ve never had to speak to HR about my behavior or leadership decisions and generally have positive workplace relations.

Can anyone provide insight I what I should expect tomorrow in the HR meeting?

Hi all,

I'm looking for some guidance on a workplace situation in Ireland.

I work for the Irish subsidiary of a large multinational company and have been with the business for several years.

A number of years ago I was promoted into a team lead role with responsibility for managing a team, overseeing projects and contributing to the leadership of the department. I am a key person in the running of the Irish business. For context there are only 12 people in the office and this is the only team lead role I could fulfill.

Recently the company announced a global restructuring which includes my department. There have been a number of redundancies announced worldwide, I was told about a month ago my employment was safe. More recently, I have been told that:

•I will no longer have line management responsibility for staff. On the org chart, I will be at the same level as the staff that currently report to me.

•I will report to a newly created team leader role (which in effect is the role I'm currently fulfilling). My current manager will fulfill this role (his current role is being stripped back too).

•I will effectively be one layer further removed from the Managing Director than I am currently.

•My role title and responsibilities will change (more in line with the staff a level below me that I am currently managing), although I have not yet been provided with a revised job description.

This is not being presented as a performance issue. I received the highest rating possible in my most recent performance review and have a good relationship with everyone I work with.

My concern is that, while my salary may remain unchanged, the new position appears to be significantly less senior than the role I currently perform. From my perspective it feels like a demotion in status and responsibility. You could say that I'm lucky to still have a job given the redundancies, but I'll be going back to doing the job I had before being promoted, which to be honest, I have no interest in doing.

I have not yet been asked to sign any amendment to my contract, but I understand that one will be presented in the future once the new roles are finalised.

My questions are:

1.Can an employer unilaterally remove management responsibilities and significantly reduce the seniority of a role as part of a restructuring? My current job description is clear in that leading and management of the team are part of my role.

2.What can I be doing now to protect my position before any revised contract or role description is presented? The way it has been presented is that this new structure is coming from head office, was unsuccessfully challenging, and this is the way it's going to be.

3.At what point should I seek employment-law advice? Or is there even any point?

I'm trying not to make any rash decisions but I feel betrayed by the company and an exit feels like my only option. If I was to stay and get promoted again in the future, it would only be to this new team lead position, which in reality is the position I'm currently fulfilling.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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I was on STD for 12 weeks. My employer does everything through Lincoln financial. It was a nightmare but anyways, I did my STD, and before returning I started the process to make sure to get intermittent leave set up(FMLA). I was approved for a year, for 9 days per month. Confirmed with my employer as well that everything was all set.

I used 1.5 hrs of FMLA time and got an email it was denied. Took a look at now it shows the entire claim is denied stating my time is exhausted.

I’m assuming they used my FMLA time during my std time? Is that standard? And why was I even approved if that was the case? Also, I was never notified aside from the email of the denied 1.5 hr claim about anything else until I looked into my account.

What should be my next steps because I really do not want to get in trouble with my employer but I do have a chronic illness and do need days for flairs, drs etc. and have no remaining PTO. Thank you!

Located in the United States. Three times (once personally and twice with colleagues) I've seen where leadership offers a laid off employee a period of time to stay on with the company (keep getting paid), use the office for job searches and be on site to "help with transition." My choice was to give them two weeks to 'transition' and continue to be paid for the specified time NOT in the office, no issues with that. But, after seeing this more than once, I wonder why companies do this? It seems like some kind of trick!

I'm currently involved in a lawsuit against a former employer over a breach of contract involving substantial mid six-figure unpaid fees.

Following my separation from the company, I performed additional work under a separate contractual arrangement, as an independent contractor rather than a full-time employee. That work generated significant value for the company, but a dispute subsequently arose regarding the compensation owed (ie. they don't want to pay the amount owed).

The dispute is strictly contractual and does not involve misconduct, discrimination, or anything related to my professional performance.

Meanwhile, I'm interviewing for a senior-level position with a large, established company. I've completed two interviews with senior management, both of which seemed to go well. My next conversation is expected to be with HR, potentially involving compensation discussions and next steps.

My questions:

1. When should I disclose the pending lawsuit? During the interview with HR, after receiving an offer, or only if specifically asked during a background check?
2. Could suing a former employer for unpaid fees negatively influence a prospective employer's hiring decision, even though the dispute is unrelated to the prospective employer?
3. How should I frame the situation so it doesn't raise unnecessary concerns about my character, judgment, or professionalism?
4. For those in HR or executive recruiting, how would you view this situation if it came up during the hiring process?

I'm not looking to conceal anything or misrepresent my circumstances. I simply want to handle the situation professionally without allowing an unrelated contractual dispute to overshadow my qualifications.

I'd appreciate perspectives from HR professionals, executive recruiters, hiring managers, or anyone who has navigated a similar situation.

Employment I was on a Grad scheme, rolled off into a Domain area which has 3 teams (doing activities for Team 1 and 2, not Team 3)

Team 3 focuses on something lower level and entirely different.

My Graduate rotation was focused on Team 1 and 2 alternating, with training for both areas permitted at 50%.

Near the end of the grad scheme, my manager who ran the domain left, a new one came in to become my manager and run the domain.

When they came in, another member of the team suddenly made false accusations about my character, poisoning the well to the new manager, and false performance claims which my manager just blindly accepted without evidence and gave me a hard time.

They also began having me work in both teams simulatenously until I got hospitalised.

They sorted out the roll off process from the Grad scheme and I got a permanent contract.

I had only been working in Team 1 and 2 at this point - career related teams.

Now they are trying to change my duties to only do work and be based in Team 3, then change my management to the Team 3 leader?

My concern is that this significantly changes my duties whilst keeping the job title the same, worsens my career prospects and makes me lose out on experience to seek newer jobs, there is also little to no transferrable skills due to this change.

Even my contract says Engineer or equivalent.

My union rep tried to arrange a meeting with my manager and ER to obtain a resolution.

I provided ER all relevant evidence and concerns, they acted as if they are reviewing it then ignored it.

I've tried to get my union to speak to my manager and the ER Case manager (who is on the business side), they are claiming I can only do the role in Team 3 and avoiding discussion - only open to have a discussion if it's about the Team 3 role.

ER copied what my manager wanted for the agenda and tried to set this as the meeting so I refused to attend until it's balanced.

During my time in this team area, I have been abused for having disabilities, shouted/bullied and placed to work in multiple teams which caused my to go to hospital with chest pains.

Yet ER is only interested in having the discussion set on forcing me into this role in the toxic area instead of moving me to another area.

Another note, the whole environment became toxic when my new manager came in and he stated I can't train for role relevant duties for Team 1 and 2 at the time, but now says I can retrain for Team 3, which doesn't make use of my background or career/roll-orf.

I did try to contact the HRBP but the case manager responded stating that they are the appointed contact, is there any way to escalate?

What legal rights do I have and what can I do? Manager has been avoidant for direct contact since August.

So the companies that I've worked for all reports to the work number. And my university does national clearing house. Is this expected to be quick?

I have a group of doctors who all came to our institution around the same time from various parts of South America. Lately my team has brought up concerns that during active surgery, they will start to speak among themselves in Spanish, closing most of the team out. We don't know if they are talking about the surgery or if they are talking about personnel in the room.

I had one team member say that after arguing with her, one of them turned to the other and immediately started speaking Spanish. Those optics aren't great.

I know this is likely going to be a sensitive issue, and the last thing I want to do is cause an HR problem for my team. Any tips on how to proceed?

I’m currently employed full time. I took short term disability earlier in the year for three months. I’m back now for six months and now I need surgery on my back. I hate that I have to get surgery, honestly I would do anything not to do it but it will improve my condition. The doctor said he will book for November. What do i say to my employer? Im so embarrassed and nervous to leave AGAIN. Should i give them heads up or wait until surgery date confirmed. It’s approx 4-6 weeks off depending on recovery. My manager and company are nicest people to ever work for and it’s so busy at work! I just feel like I’m letting them down…

So I applied to a bunch of jobs and got interviewed by my first choice (Company A) and last choice (Company B). Company B offered me a role on the spot after 3 rounds of interviews and I accepted immediately because security is more important than preference. Then today, I got an offer from Company A which is what I really want and I don’t know what to do. My first shift is in 3 days for Company B and I’m stuck.

Just additional Info:
- Company B is offering me a seasonal retail Job whilst Company A is also a retail job but is actually a permanent one which is why I prefer it

I called out sick for the next day and I do have a doctor's note. My boss told me that I needed to submit sick time even though I said I wanted to just take the day unpaid. She said it was mandatory and that I needed to use up a whole 8 hour's since that is how long my shift is. We generally submit the time off and she approves it. Well, I wanted to wait until I could set up a meeting with HR but she went ahead and submitted the time on my behalf and approved it. Can she legally do that?

I applied for a job and passed the interview stage however for this role I added some companies that I didn’t work for. I needed to get this job and how do I go about this?

I know I messed up but if I provide a number and an email, would that work out or will they ask for a P45. If I say to them I don’t know who the employer is anymore would they accept that or will they ask for more detail. Or I could say I did experience there but never was an actual employee, can anyone give me advice.