Today s employment law system is an ineffective and inefficient means towards solving workplace issues. Employees and management who become involved in lawsuits have lessons to learn, but they will never learn these lessons by fighting with each other. At best, such a response results in compromise and at worse destruction. Seldom, if ever, does it result in resolution. This is a weak link in the litigation system because lessons are repeated until learned.
Most lawsuits are the result of employees focusing on blame and employers focusing on justification.
Most lawsuits could be avoided if we instead focus on personal and organizational responsibility and integrity. Plaintiffs who receive money as a result of a settlement or trial victory often lose that money within a few years. This is because money does nothing more than make people more of whom they already are. Employees must begin taking responsibility for enduring work environments where they are not respected. They must learn to break free from fear and silence and speak up and take action.