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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Yes, you can be fired for what you say outside of work… especially when it's hateful.

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In Darlingh v. Maddaleni , the Seventh Circuit just upheld the firing of a school counselor who gave a profanity-laced anti-trans tirade at ...
Monday, July 7, 2025

The 7th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Sadistic Chef

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A jury just awarded $3.15 million to 22-year-old Andrew DeBellis—a sous chef who, over a brutal 2.5-month stretch, was punched, slapped, ki...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Title VII requires harm; not just hate

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This week, America First Legal, a right-wing conservative organization founded by Stephen Miller, fired off a letter to the EEOC accusing t...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The "Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act" isn't about truth, it's about protecting bigotry

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It's called the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act . But let's be honest: it's just a license to discriminate. Sena...

You want to avoid a labor union in your business? Then don't do this.

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Two pediatricians at Cleveland's University Hospitals used an internal physician directory to contact colleagues about forming a union. ...
Friday, June 27, 2025

WIRTW #764: the 'substack' edition

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Introducing Authoritarian Alarm:  A New Home for a Critical Conversation For the past 18+ years, I've written about the intersection of ...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Without HR, you're not running a business. You're running a liability factory.

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"I want to be the first company without HR." That's the viral line from Jennifer Sey , who founded XX-XY Athletics in March 20...