Archive: August 2018

What's the top employee issue that makes HR folks queasy? Drugs? Sex? Pornography? According to Robin Schooling , the worst conversati...

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Organ donors are living saints. If you are in need of an organ to save your life, and someone is willing to sacrifice a kidney, or a liver s...

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On August 29, 2003, I married my wife. The ceremony was to start at 11 am, and by 10:55 I was nervous. Not your normal, "I'm abou...

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Temporary employees do not leave their legal rights at your door. In fact, they enjoy the same rights as your permanent employees. Conside...

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Your employees are your company's weakest link , and therefore, your greatest threat to suffering a cyber-attack and resulting data br...

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Welcome to fun-fact Friday. The Mexican folk song La Cucaracha has a long and fascinating history . It was popularized during the Mexican...

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After yesterday's detective novel of a post, I thought I'd go with something light and airy today (if you consider watching Dirty Ha...

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I was recently the target of a highly sophisticated legal-services fraud. Thankfully, this scam set off my Spidey sense from the beginning, ...

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With of all of the attention the #MeToo Movement has provided sexual harassment, employers must not forget that all forms of unlawful wo...

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Religion a funny thing. Throughout the history of mankind it's fueled so much hate, war, and death. And yet, it brings so much peace, co...

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While I've always loved Aretha's music, and her voice, and her soul, I never appreciated until watching yesterday's tribut...

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In Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC , the NLRB held that an employer unlawfully fired an employee who wrote "whore board...

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There is no doubt that addiction is a protected disability under the ADA (and Ohio's parallel law ). Typically, we think of addiction...

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Do you know that the average total cost of a data breach to a business is $3.86 million? This is a 6.4% increase over the past year. For...

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Omarosa Manigault-Newman, formerly a contestant on Donald Trump's The Apprentice and also formerly an employee in President Trump's...

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What de-stresses you? Where do you go, or what do you do, that makes all the stress in your life melt away? My wife and I recently spen...

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If this was August 201 7 , I would be touting today's post as a strong contender for the "Worst Employer of the Year." It says...

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Would you rather spend seven figures to lose a lawsuit, or $1.69 to allow a diabetic employee to drink a bottle of orange juice? The answ...

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Pop quiz: Can an employer ignore harassment or other discriminatory behavior directed at employees by non-employees? If your answer is ...

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Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a "Religious Liberty Task Force" It will enforce a 2017 DOJ m...

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Every now and again I like to bring y'all some new music to discover for your Friday. It might not be new, and it might not be new to me...

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — the federal agency charged with responding to natural disasters — appears to have a disas...

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1969. Woodstock. Abbey Road . The Moon Landing. And pregnancy discrimination.

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