Help Wanted: Worker lies about personal life
Photo credit: iStock | Depending on the terms of employment, an employee who lies about their personal life might not be a target for termination.
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
DEAR CARRIE: My daughter and her colleagues work in a guidance-evaluation capacity in a local school district. They recently discovered that a newly hired social worker who deals directly with students and their families has created a false personal life. While she portrays herself as a widow and elaborates on her husband's death, she is, in fact, divorced, and her ex-husband is alive and well and...
