Resolving, protecting against and/or defending an employer liability claim based on historically archived locked notes

1. An article of manufacture having computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by a processor to implement a method of resolving, protecting against and/or defending an employer liability claim, said method implemented by a processor comprising:

executing instructions to receive notes submitted as formatted text;

executing instructions to store said submitted notes in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said locked notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored locked notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with said judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output said locked notes as part of said judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 2 , wherein said network is any of the following: local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.

5. An article of manufacture having computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by a processor to implement a method of resolving, protecting against and/or defending an employer liability claim, said method implemented by a processor comprising:

executing instructions to receive a first note submitted as formatted text, said first note comprising supervisory comments regarding a first disciplinary action associated with an employee;

executing instructions to store said first notes regarding said first disciplinary action in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to receive at least a second note submitted as formatted text, said second note comprising supervisory comments regarding a second progressive disciplinary action associated with said employee;

executing instructions to store said second notes regarding said second progressive disciplinary action in said database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said locked notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored locked notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with said judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output said first and second note as part of said judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

6. The article of manufacture of claim 5 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 5 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 7 , wherein said network is any of the following: local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.

9. An article of manufacture having computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by a processor to implement a method of resolving, protecting against and/or defending an employer liability claim, said method implemented by a processor comprising:

executing instructions to receive notes submitted as formatted text;

executing instructions to store said submitted notes in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said stored notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with said judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output categorized locked notes corresponding to said identified filters as part of said judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein said categories include any of the following: interim review, annual review, disciplinary action, supervisory conference, attorney consultation, or investigation.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein said notes are associated with any of the following: interim review, annual review, disciplinary action, supervisory conference, attorney consultation, or investigation.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 9 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 , wherein said network is any of the following: local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.

15. A computer based system to resolve, protect against and/or defend an employer liability claim, wherein the system comprises:

(a) a processor;

(b) computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by said processor; and

said processor:

executing instructions to receive a first note submitted as formatted text, said first note comprising supervisory comments regarding a first disciplinary action associated with an employee;

executing instructions to store said first notes regarding said first disciplinary action in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to receive at least a second note submitted as formatted text, said second note comprising supervisory comments regarding a second progressive disciplinary action associated with said employee;

executing instructions to store said second notes regarding said second progressive disciplinary action in said database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said locked notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored locked notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with said judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output said first and second note as part of a judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein said network is any of the following:

local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.

19. A computer based system to resolve, protect against and/or defend an employer liability claim, wherein the system comprises:

(a) a processor;

(b) computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by said processor; and

said processor:

executing instructions to receive notes submitted as formatted text;

executing instructions to store said submitted notes in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said stored notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said identified at least filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output categorized locked notes corresponding to said identified filters as part of said judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein said network is any of the following:

local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.

23. The system of claim 19 , wherein said categories include any of the following: interim review, annual review, disciplinary action, supervisory conference, attorney consultation, or investigation.

24. The system of claim 19 , wherein said notes are associated with any of the following: interim review, annual review, disciplinary action, supervisory conference, attorney consultation, or investigation.

25. A computer based system to resolve, protect against and/or defend an employer liability claim, wherein the system comprises:

(a) a processor;

(b) computer readable storage medium having instructions executable by said processor; and

said processor:

executing instructions to receive notes submitted as formatted text;

executing instructions to store said submitted notes in a database, said stored text, after said submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of said pre-determined time period, said submission is non-editable and is locked in said database for historical archival;

executing instructions to implement one or more filters, each of said filters categorizing said locked notes based on a set of categories;

executing instructions to receive inputs identifying at least one filter, said filter associated with a judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to filter said stored locked notes based on said identified at least one filter associated with said judicial proceeding;

executing instructions to output said locked notes as part of said judicial proceeding associated with said employer liability claim initiated by said employee; and

executing instructions to resolve, protect against and/or defend said employer liability claim based on said locked notes.

26. The system of claim 25 , wherein said submitted notes relate to any of the following: a note associated with a performance review or a note by human resource personnel.

27. The system of claim 25 , wherein said locked notes is accessible over a network.

28. The system of claim 27 , wherein said network is any of the following:

local area network, wide area network, or the Internet.