I see your wild sexual harassment lawsuit and, after the jump, raise you this doozie… Better call, Saul! Even Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were like, WTH?!? * * * Close your eyes for a sec and picture you’re out in Hawaii. [Editor’s Note: To those of you who are…
Last night, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan came to me in a dream. You see, we were at a video arcade, the two of them playing the classic, Street Fighter. I had next. Mr. Gorbachev was playing as Zangief and President Reagan was Guile. Because, of course. So, just as the…
After the jump, more proof that both entry-level employees and C-Suite executives can do dumb stuff and receive the Vince McMahon treatment… * * * No shirt, no sense, no job. When I go out to eat, I’m not that picky. While I often have a taste of fine dining,…
Across the country, many states and localities have enacted ban-the-box legislation. In a nutshell, ban the box means that employers cannot inquire about an applicant’s criminal history until after the first job interview. For example, Philadelphia has ban the box. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not. Still, Pennsylvania does have…
A bill that would have made it illegal for New Jersey companies to refuse to hire a job candidate because of his/her employment status is dead for now. Find out why after the jump… * * * Last week, New Jersey banned the box. However, Bob Jordan at the Cherry…
I was reading this recent CareerBuilder survey, which reports that 58% of employers have caught a lie on a resumé. (Most popular lie: skills embellishment). As, CareerBuilder is apt to do, the survey contained a section of some of the most outlandish lies ever caught on a resumé. Some that…
Come January 1, most NJ employers will no longer be able to ask about an applicant’s criminal record during the initial employment application process. That’s right. Ban the box will be b-b-b-b-banned in the Garden State! More on the new law after the jump… * * * I mean, when…
Let’s assume that you operate a business in New Jersey. And you get to thinking: “What if we put a provision in our employment application, by which a job applicant waives the two-year statute of limitations applicable to most workplace claims and shortens the period for such claims to six…
Many cities in the Mid-Atlantic region (Philadelphia, Newark) have passed legislation that makes it illegal for employers to inquire about criminal history early on in the job application / interview process. The State of Delaware too has passed this so-called “ban the box” rule. Last week, a New Jersey Senate…
In every one of the United States, except Montana, employment is at-will. This means that, absent a contract of employment for a specific period of time, you may fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all. (Not to be confused with “right to work” — more on…