Archive: April 2018

Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or...

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I need to get something off my chest. An albatross I’ve carried since my teenage years. I’ve been crushed by the weight of success, intell...

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Kayla Edwards worked as a cashier for Aramark at its location in Gettysburg National Park. In February 2017, Edwards became pregnant wit...

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Photo by  Avalon_Mists on Pixabay And every time I scratch my nails Down someone else’s back I hope you feel it Alanis Morisette  ...

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By Grand Parc  CC BY 2.0  via  Wiki Commons Michelle Bailey worked in the human resources department of Oakwood Healthcare. Durin...

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Photo by Milo McDowell on Unsplash The Verge reports that workers at an Amazon distribution facility are “forced to pee in bottles or ...

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate made history by unanimously changing its rules to permit Senator (and new mom) Tammy Duckworth to bring h...

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Remember Bailey Davis ? She’s the New Orleans Saints cheerleader fired for violating the team’s social media policy. Her offense? This p...

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Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash It’s been nearly  three years since I first reported on the Department of Labor’s wage and hour lawsu...

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Photo by  Thirteen .J  on  Unsplash This past Sunday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a story entitled,  Do wage theft laws in Ohio harm or ...

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Photo by Liam Stahnke on Unsplash Last week, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division resumed its practice of publishing Opinion...

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According to a recent study , going to concerts adds years to your life. If this is true (and who am I to argue with science), then last T...

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Yesterday, I came across the very cool video for a new Speedy Ortiz song, “Villain.” The song tackles issue of harassment, assault,...

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Photo by Igor Ovsyannykov on Unsplash Workplace diversity has two sides. One side says that employers cannot discriminate against min...

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According to the Washington Post , nearly one in five — about 17 percent — of harassment complaints filed with the EEOC come from men. ...

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You may recall Juli Briskman , the biker that flipped the finger to Trump’s passing motorcade, and lost her job after a photo she posted wen...

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Photo by Alexas_Fotos , via Pixabay October 12, 2007. I posted my first ever edition of WIRTW (What I Read This Week) . It looked a litt...

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Photo by Luke Braswell on Unsplash We’ve all done a lot of talking over the past six months about sexual harassment. We should not forg...

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Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels Compliance is a tricky beast, especially when you don’t know what laws your organization is su...

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Photo  by Coolcaesar (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that automobile ser...

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Thomas Schiermeyer was already a recruit for the Seaside Park, New Jersey, Police Department, when he applied to the Police Academy for a...

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