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reviews or warnings about performance issues), being

spoken to harshly or rudely by a supervisor, believing

that their employer did not fairly investigate whatever

issue led to their termination, and feeling that they had

been a victim of workplace bullying without any

meaningful assistance or support from management.

As we have said previously, none of these things

are illegal. But they do make people pick up the phone

and call lawyers. And, as you can tell from this book,

there are many, many ways that employers can make

expensive mistakes unintentionally. It is the angry

employee who will be looking for those mistakes, and

you would be surprised how often they find them.

By way of example, we had a client who was

terminated from her job after she had disclosed a

potentially serious health condition. Her employer

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