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Richard C. Busse:
On the probability of winning an employment lawsuit, I can tell you that they're difficult to win.

Employment attorney Richard Busse, author of the book, Fired, Laid-Off Or Forced Out believes if you're having problems with your supervisor perhaps you should first try to fix it.

In most supervisors' eyes it's up to the employee to rebuild that relationship, not them. And so what you do is pick a safe issue that you can approach your supervisor on once a week for three weeks and you are prepared to accept whatever advice your boss gives. And you go up to him and you ask him, "What do you think about this?" So that the objective is, leave the boss thinking I can work with that person.

If you're worried about getting fired, Richard says remember…

So many times people are terminated only because their boss thinks that the subordinate doesn't respect them. And if only the subordinate demonstrates that they respect their authority they can survive because the boss then turns their head towards other matters.

And if you're feeling insecure about your position, try not to let that show.

Some people give in to their desire for reassurance but they keep themselves on the radar screen by asking their boss, "How am I doing, are you going to fire me?" And all that does is remind the boss that they can.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.