On the heels of the excuses we’ve been hearing this week from meteorologists on the east coast about the transformation of Snowmageddon to #Snowperbole… — well, at least one weatherperson owned it — …What better way to end the week than with a list of creative excuses; namely, CareerBuilder.com’s top…
The Employer Handbook Blog
No, really. Demanding an employee’s social security number isn’t religious discrimination
Remember that blog post I had from July of last year, the one you contemplated getting tattooed on your back. Yeah, you know the one. This one, silly. About the Fundamentalist Christian, who, upon filling out his new-employee paperwork, refused to provide a social security number because it would cause…
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday. EEOC hung sex discrimination on you.
I’ve got some apples reverse sex discrimination on the menu today. How you like dem apples? More after the jump… * * * (At the last minute, after a deep internal debate which cost me at least 12 brain cells. I decided to save Karma Chameleon for another post.) The EEOC announced…
FACT OR FICTION: Snow + Office Closed = FMLA Day
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” (Indeed, today, I’m so damn lazy, that I’m republishing a post from last year) One of your employees is currently…
One state is banning personal use of social media at work.
Wait, seriously? Yep. No employee of the State of South Carolina will be allowed to use social media on the job, “unless specifically required by the agency to perform a job function.” More on this law, and reaction from a leading blogger (not me), after the jump… * * *…
152,000 reasons for employers to consider discrimination with drug testing and haircuts
After the jump, what employers can learn from a possibly botched drug test and the failure to hire a Rastafarian (Or an excuse for me to make gratuitous True Romance references). * * * Many employers drug test job applicants. Floyd (played by a young Brad Pitt), once motivated…
A hospital may have broken the law by NOT hiring a convicted meth dealer.
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…
#SOTU and the #Workplace: A full debriefing of last night’s Presidential address
I had every intention of watching the President address the Nation last night. I really did. But, then I got sucked into the Director’s Cut of The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island, the one where the Washington Generals show up first and replace all the confetti with lice. Then poor Lovie…
FACT OR FICTION: To protect a pregnant employee, a company can make her stay home.
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.” Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I got this question from an employer, “Hey Eric. We have…
He filed for custody of the kids; she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit
I couldn’t make this set of facts up if I tried. More after the jump… * * * Pay attention, Hollywood Ok, here goes nothing… According to the court’s opinion, Dr. Sharon Waltz worked on and off for Birmingham Healthcare, Inc. and Synergy Medical Solutions, Inc., for a little over…