Yes, it’s that time for Career Builder’s list of most unusual holiday workplace gifts. If you’re one of the 20-ish percent of folks who give gifts to a co-worker or boss, you may be struggling to find a last-minute gift. If you have $20 in your pockets, which is usually…
Actually, I’m not talking about the drink. No, the case I’m addressing today has actual sex on the beach. And allegations of sexual harassment and disparate treatment. It involves an outside sales representative — let’s call her “Plaintiff” — and the son of the company President, during a boat trip in Mallorca,…
Blogger Claus — that’s me, I’m the non-denominational, workplace-friendly Blogger Claus — wants to reward his good readers with some holiday cheer. (The bad readers get two EEOC Charges and will be fed to Krampus). So, here’s what I have. It’s your choice of any one of the following (as…
I’ll go ahead and file this one under “Wa Wa Waaah!”
Really, Eric. Another post about those darn Department of Labor overtime rules?!? Hold up! This one’s different. Last week, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recorded its first overtime-rules podcast: “Enjoined OT Rules – Now What?” Nancy Hammer, Esq., SHRM’s Senior Government Affairs Policy Counsel, hosted the podcast. With…
While I must admit that I laughed more than I cringed, my readers came through with some tales of holiday parties gone haywire. Here are some snippets: First job; quick job. “A young lady just out of college had only been with the company a few months when she became completely…
I know y’all are waiting with baited breath — wait, hold do you bait breath? Like a putting a worm on a fishing line or something? ***Googles*** Right, as I was saying, I know y’all are waiting with bated breath for me to publish all of those reader-submitted holiday-party “yowzas”…
Inspired by a quality discussion in my Facebook feed today, I’m thinking that some of you HR-compliance geeks probably have some good holiday party stories to share with me. That’s right, for once, I’m going to live vicariously through you. So, here are the rules — we lawyers always have…
Like requesting swiss cheese on your cheesesteak — way to go John Kerry — pretty soon, asking about a candidate’s salary history will be verboten too. {cue music – soft / hard} Last week, Philadelphia City Council read and passed this bill, which will ban employers from inquiring about salary history, and…
You have a one-in-six chance. Proof that former child stars — even the youngest one in curls — are just like everyone else in the workplace when it comes to Facebook stupidity and a fast track to the unemployment line. Over the weekend, my “‘Facebook’ and ‘Fired'” Google Alert struck…