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Friday, May 16, 2025

WIRTW #759: the 'HBD' edition

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🎉 My blog is officially an adult. Last week, it turned 18 years old. On May 9, 2007, I hit "publish" on my very first post. It wa...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Managing employees' food allergies and preferences in the workplace

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One employee is vegan. Another is allergic to shellfish. Another is lactose intolerant. Another has Celiac disease and can't eat gluten....

The Stanley Cup of social media screwups

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"Eat s--- 51st state anti-semite loser. Israel now and forever. Until every last Hamas rat is eliminated." That's what Doug Ci...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Faith, fetus photos, fired: How Title VII grounded a Southwest termination

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"This is what you supported during your Paid Leave with others at the Women's MARCH in DC… You truly are Despicable in so many ways...
Friday, May 9, 2025

WIRTW #758: the 'craft' edition

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Ohio showed up and showed out at last week's World Beer Cup  in Indianapolis.  The World Beer Cup — the most prestigious beer competiti...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Your trade secrets just walked out the front door … and you might have held it open: Generative AI and trade secrets

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No employee—except the rare bad actor—means to leak sensitive company data. But it happens, especially when people are using generative AI t...

Corporate ethics start at the top

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Kohl’s just gave its CEO the boot for violating the company’s code of ethics. Why? Because he funneled business to a vendor run by someone h...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Don’t eat the chicken (yet): A lesson in workplace investigations from a Portuguese rooster

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In Portugal, one of the most iconic national symbols isn’t a monument or a monarch—it’s a rooster. The Galo de Barcelos. (Stay with me. This...
Saturday, May 3, 2025

What do dolls have in common with beer?

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“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30.” That was Donald Trump’s response yesterday when asked about the impact of tariffs on...

The 4th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Enslaving Executives

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OneTaste, a San Francisco-based "wellness" company, claimed to offer empowerment through "orgasmic meditation." However,...