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The Employer Handbook BlogPretty soon, asking salary-history questions in Philly will get you sued.
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.
Articles Posted in Hiring & Firing
Can you fire an employee whom you learn is “alt-right”?
What the heck do pistachios have to do with the Alternative Right also known as the “alt-right” or white nationalists?
Bank VP’s Facebook rant that Trump can “buy” and “sell” the Obamas didn’t end well, you guys.
The good news for this employee is that her viral Facebook post earned her an award.
The bad news is that the “award” was “Racist of the Week.”
The ugly news — well, other than the post itself — was that the employee lost her job and likely impaired her ability to find similar employment anytime soon.
Could firing one who doesn’t seem “happy and smiling and positive” violate labor law?
A man has filed this Charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that his former employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired him, allegedly, because the company didn’t think he was “happy and smiling and positive.”
Facebook Live and the hella-icky, vomitous workplace implications
Vomitous is a word, right?
Resume blunders worse than Mark Sanchez’s butt fumble.
It’s the CareerBuilder.com survey of “The Most Outrageous Resume Mistakes Employers Have Found.” Eat your heart out “Butt Fumble“!
Is New Jersey trying to out “California” California with new employment laws?
What caught my eye this morning, I mean, other than my new Carson Wentz fathead — ok, fatheads — was this Law360 headline:
“NJ Ruling May Widen Exposure To Excessive Jury Awards”
Gulp…
Is it legal to fire a server for complaining on Facebook about an NFLer’s 75-cent tip?
TMZ — respect, I get stories from TMZ — reports here that a server at a Maryland restaurant blasted Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams on Facebook for allegedly tipping him $0.75 on a $128.25 meal tab:
“Just now at work I had Deangelo Williams come in and I waited on while tending bar. His check was $128.25. He left me $129 with no tip but .75 cents. So there you go Stealers fans, your running back is cheap as s**t!!! Smh.”