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Constructive Discharge: Constructing a Potential Lawsuit for your Company

John Thalheimer, MS and Chuck Simikian, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Episode 36

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Retaliation is a known issue when an employee reports a problem but did you know that indirect action to create an environment that would push someone out of the workplace has its own name? In this episode, Chuck and John talk about Constructive Discharge - how it can happen and how to avoid a lawsuit by preventing it. 

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