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The Employer Handbook BlogEric’s Wild-n-Crazy HR-Compliance Road Show – Coming atcha!
If my wide open collar and disco moves aren’t “gritty” enough for you, well, I can fix that. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing
#WhyIGotFired is way better than “an ugly mix of sexism, racism, and xenophobia”
It’s been getting downright vile around here at The Employer Handbook, dontchathink? Continue reading
Vontae Davis’s hecka-crazy NFL retirement makes you wonder how prepared your business is.
There are planned retirements.
There are unexpected retirements.
And, then — hold my drink — there’s Vontae Davis’s retirement. Continue reading
Yesterday’s post gotcha down? How about some résumé blunders to cheer you up! 🤣🤣🤣
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If you’re a federal contractor, have you picked up your jaw since yesterday’s post?
I’ll admit it. I was also surprised that a federal court would conclude that a Connecticut federal contractor could not fire an employee for using medical marijuana. What, with that Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and all.
Fortunately, as I noted yesterday, your mileage could vary outside of CT. And, I suspect that the employer may appeal the decision to the Second Circuit.
In the meantime, let’s laugh out loud, shall we? Continue reading
A federal court concluded that a federal contractor couldn’t fire a medical marijuana user
By Original uncropped image from Laurie Avocado (Cropped version of [1]) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons
Can you ban your employees from wearing Nike apparel at work?
By Timidonfire [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
Controversy. Continue reading
If you’re considering adding pole dancing to your new-employee orientation, you should reconsider.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pole-dance-woman-sexy-elegant-pole-1287822/)
Allow me to educate you, limerick style. Continue reading
I can’t unsee a chicken eating jerk chicken
Other than the crappy WiFi aboard this cruise ship, that was the low-light.
A chicken eating chicken – even with those lovely Bahamian spices – is bad. Continue reading
Would-be NASA intern gets vulgar with another Twitter user — turns out he’s a NASA legend — promptly loses internship
Here’s a pro tip for you:
The next time you land an awesome internship, avoid exchanging tweets similar to the redacted ones in the screenshot up there. Especially with someone who is on the council that oversees the company with which you just received the internship. This pro tip applies even if you don’t know that the person is on the council when you tweet. It’s a bad look and doesn’t bode well for your long-term internship prospects. Continue reading
You and I, we need to have a talk about yesterday’s survey.
By S nova [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons
Ok, enough kidding around. You want to know how messed up everyone else’s workplace is. So, let’s pull that band-aid right off.
Oops, wrong one. Continue reading