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OCTOBER 31, 2016

I’m not allowed to buy my own office chair. Having big issues with my back pain and several scary looking diagnoses, I asked our manager if I can buy an ergonomic chair with high adjustability and pay for it myself. I just learned about this situation today so I am pretty upset. It’s five answers to five questions.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

No desk, no shelf, no drawer, not even a proper office chair, at least as far as I could tell in my first interview. We sat at the matching side chairs for our interview. She explained that she wants to keep her new assistant “close” while this person learns the ropes. Is this legal?

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SnackNation

MARCH 24, 2017

This one comes from SnackNation Member Success Manager Jessie Montz, the self-described “Queen of the Office Pranksters.”. The idea is to rig up a bottle of body spray underneath the victim’s office chair so that when he sits down, it triggers the bottle to spray. Office chair. Clothespin. Fake Birthday.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

I agree employers shouldn’t be policing employees’ undergarments but legally, employers are permitted to require women to wear bras despite not requiring it of men (as long as they make exceptions for medical or religious accommodations ). I cannot sit comfortably in an office chair unless I have one foot tucked up under me.

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