Vamika’s Quandary: Navigating through Workplace Mistreatment

Siddhartha Saxena; Deepa Chaudhary

Vamika’s Quandary: Navigating through Workplace Mistreatment

Siddhartha Saxena
, Deepa Chaudhary

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Case study and Teaching Note. Ivey ID: W27251

A young paralegal joined the London, UK law firm Darby & Fox LLP in August 2020. The position was a one-year contract during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paralegal was subjected to employee discrimination and harassment, starting with a requirement to be in the office, unlike other workers, because she was a newly-hired contract-based employee. She endured overwork, job threats, and simultaneous work assignments from an associate partner, as well as his spouse and colleague. Workplace conflict aggravated her situation, receiving increased workload, longer work hours, lack of compensation for overtime, delegated work from other paralegals, and monitored office activity. Even the process for approval of time off work was changed, making it more cumbersome for her to take a one-day leave. The paralegal wondered how to resolve her situation.

Original language	English
Type	Case study and Teaching Note
Media of output	Online
Publisher	Ivey Publishing
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

DEI
EDI
Bullying
Harassment
Mistreatment
pandemic
Conflict management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Psychology(all)
Social Sciences(all)

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Vamika’s Quandary: Navigating through Workplace Mistreatment

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UN SDGs

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

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