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Boss Needs Kidney, Employee Donates Kidney, Boss Fires Employee, Lawsuit Alleges

Boss Needs Kidney, Employee Donates Kidney, Boss Fires Employee, Lawsuit Alleges

You thought the donated kidney divorce was bad? An executive for a group of Long Island car dealerships is at the center of a strange lawsuit filed by a former employee who accuses her boss of firing her after she gave up a kidney to help save her life. According to a lawsuit filed with the New York State Human Rights commission, Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old divorced mother of two, donated a kidney so that her boss, Jackie Brucia, 61, could get a transplant. Not long after she was terminated, the Post reports. "I decided to become a kidney donor to my boss, and she took my heart," says Stevens, who probably has a great future as a blues singer ahead of her. more ›

"41-Year-Old Virgin" Sues NYU Over Office Rumor Mill

"41-Year-Old Virgin" Sues NYU Over Office Rumor Mill

A pediatric nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center is suing the school because she says her medical records were not kept private. But it seems that things were even more awkward than that for pediatric nurse Kristen Haight—who was allegedly better known to the doctors and secretaries of the medical center as the "41-year-old virgin." more ›

Citibank Wants Female Employees To Act More Like Men

Citibank Wants Female Employees To Act More Like Men

According to blogger David Xia, a friend of his grabbed this absolutely ridiculous card from the Citibank HR offices after interviewing there. People have been passing it around the classroom internet today, with a mixture of rage, laughter and disbelief. Because of some of the spelling errors, some think it may be a hoax, although the book it is cited from, and its author Dr. Lois P. Frankel, are very real (also: Frankel is Einhorn!). more ›

Court Upholds Dismissal of City Web Surfer

Court Upholds Dismissal of City Web Surfer

A Manhattan court upheld the firing of city employee Toquir Choudhri for doing too much Web browsing on the City's time. Choudri, who was an education analyst for the Department of Education's Human Resources department, was fired in 2006 for spending far too much time online. He had been formally warned to knock of his Web-wandering ways, but an internal audit showed that despite the warning, Choudri visited more than 300 sites in six days, or more than 50 different sites a day. more ›

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