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Woo boy! Y’all had some crazazy holiday parties!
While I must admit that I laughed more than I cringed, my readers came through with some tales of holiday parties gone haywire.
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Pretty 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.
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“!