Hiring & Firing

7 last-minute ways for HR to be the wettest of wet blankets on Halloween

October 30, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Tomorrow is Halloween.

Slacking this year, my family made our last-minute trip to the farm on Saturday for pumpkins. The kids held it together for the most part, except when it was every boy and girl for himself/herself in the “cornbox.” Fortunately, there were plenty of cider donuts available to encourage good behavior and a well-timed crash right before bedtime. 😉

Fortunately, we did not procrastinate on other Halloween preparations. Continue reading

Court politely tells union where to stick its request to reinstate a member accused of sexual harassment.

October 18, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

***pops open can of Haterade***
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FREE LIVE EVENT: “Preparing for 2018: What Employers Need to Know”

October 5, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the invitation.This event has been approved for 1.25 SHRM HR credits. Approvals for HRCI and CLE to follow shortly.

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Does the ADA protect an individual who uses prescription drugs to battle addiction to illegal drugs?

October 3, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

As the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s fiscal year comes to a close, the agency has filed a slew of discrimination lawsuits. One that caught my eye involves an employer that allegedly rescinded an offer of employment once it found out that the individual was using prescription drugs to treat his prior heroin addiction.

Wait a minute! Can’t you terminate someone who has abused drugs? Continue reading

NFL players take a knee and it seems like the only ones getting fired are firefighters.

September 29, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

firefighter-593727_640 I’m not writing today top rehash #TakeTheKnee. Been there, done that.

Rather, today’s post is a friendly reminder to all employees out there who want to express their opinion online about this week’s NFL protests.
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No, President Trump, NFL owners cannot legally fire players that #TakeTheKnee

September 26, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

And it has nothing to do with the First Amendment and freedom of speech. Continue reading

This military hospital’s social media cluster-you-know-what checks all the wrong boxes

September 22, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Originally, I was toying with titling this post, “What Employers Can Learn From Military Nurses Who Pose Newborns Dancing to 50 Cent, Give Them The Finger, And Then Snap A Video And Photo Captioned, ‘How I currently feel about these mini Satans.’”

But, yesterday’s blog title was so long already. Continue reading

Company forces employee to sign a confidentiality statement or be fired, plays itself.

September 14, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

If you’re going to draw a line in the sand by telling an employee to sign something or be fired, here’s a pro tip:

Make sure that whatever you want signed isn’t unlawful. Continue reading

A recreational marijuana user was blowin’ hella smoke with these FMLA arguments.

September 13, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Remember that scene in Animal House, the one where Donald Sutherland is sitting around with Katy and the some of the Deltas, smoking pot and discussing solar systems and atoms on the fingernail of a giant being? Continue reading

A “too cute” employee, her boss’s ex-Playmate wife, and maybe some sex discrimination

August 25, 2017 | by Eric B. Meyer

Honestly, I generally try not to resort to clickbait ledes or trending terms like Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Solar Eclipse, Game of Thrones finale spoilers, and leaked Apple iPhone 8 images, to increase web traffic. That’s beneath a professional ***fart*** blogger like me.

But, since you’re here, please form a single-file line. My servers can only handle so many of you at a time.

Thank you. Continue reading