While you’re here, you may wish to attend one of our upcoming workshops:
Basic Workplace Investigation Techniques
If a complaint of workplace harassment is made, do you know how to respond, investigate, and report on it — legally and correctly? If you don’t, you are not alone. This 3-day course is a crucial primer for today’s climate. Investigate mock complaints (inspired by our work across the country) from start to finish, build your investigation skills, and learn how to avoid costly pitfalls. The third day focuses on mastering report writing.
On the heels of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, we thought it would be the perfect time to give our audience a list of our favourite workplace movies. While our work sometimes exposes us to situations that seem to be straight out of a movie, we have endeavored to restrict our list to include only those stories that actually originated in Hollywood.
So, without further ado (and in no particular order):
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) – a toxic boss and an abusive work situation.
- Admission (2013) – a conflict of interest arising in the workplace, and a good example of just cause for termination.
- The Apartment (1960) – the risks of mixing work and pleasure by allowing superiors to use your apartment, and by sharing a girlfriend with the boss.
- Moneyball (2011) – when building a team, the collective capabilities of the whole is more important than the individual capabilities of any single member.
- Office Space (1999) – a comedy about the dangers of unmotivated and disengaged employees.
- 9 to 5 (1980) – a group of secretaries take control of their sleazy boss, making some changes around the office in his “absence”.
- The Internship (2013) – with their roles reinvented as a result of technology, two salesmen fight to remain relevant.
- His Girl Friday (1940) – a look at some of the conflicts that arise when personal relationships impact professional decisions in the workplace.
- Working Girl (1988) – a secretary climbs to the top of the company by imitating her boss in her absence.
- Up in the Air (2009) – how employment relationships can come to an end, and the varying emotions shown by employees on the receiving end of a termination.
Ryan D. Campbell
