Today’s America would deeply disturb Dr. MLK

A date appropriate reminder that our nation works better when our leaders seek to unite rather than divide.


We should strive to take these words to heart.

WIRTW #489 (the “on tour” edition)

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a family rock ‘n’ roll update, so here it goes.

If you’re in the Cleveland area, you have three chances to catch Fake ID this month.

The Sky Zone shows are free. Tickets for the Symposium show are $6.

To stay updated on all things Fake ID, you should follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Here’s what I read this week:

An argument for a more reasonable bereavement leave policy

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about death.

These past few days have been the first time I’ve had to deal with it on a family level as an adult. And there’s a lot to think about.

And it’s not just the grieving, and the crying, and the mourning.

It’s also time.

The 2nd nominee for the “worst employer of 2018” is … the arresting school board

There are lots of correct ways to respond to employee complaints.

Handcuffing and arresting the employee is most definitely NOT one of them. 

Yet, this is exactly what the Vermilion, Louisiana, school board did when a teacher, Deyshia Hargrave, tried to raise concerns at a board meeting about a proposed raise for her boss, Superintendent Jerome Puyau.

Thus, I have nominated this employer as the Worst Employer of 2018.

Sadness

We are incredibly sad today, as my mother-in-law passed away. Norah told me that her head was swimming and that she couldn’t process her emotions. I told her that while I couldn’t tell her how she should feel, I could share with her how I was feeling — sad, because I loved her and will miss her terribly, but also happy and blessed, because I got to have her as part of my life for the past 16 years.

A post shared by Jon Hyman (@jonhyman) on Jan 4, 2018 at 5:47pm PST

I’ll be back in the blogging mood sometime next week.

A real stinker of an ADA lawsuit

Amber Bridges, the former Lead Staff in the City of Indianapolis Magistrate Court, claims that her efforts to ease employees’ complaints about a co-worker's body odor got her fired.

When employees and staff members began to complain about the co-worker’s “chronic body odor,” Bridges installed air fresheners throughout the office.

Months later, however, the malodorous employee complained to her boss that the air fresheners created a hostile work environment. As a result, the City fired Bridges.

We have now entered the harassment-overreaction phase

When one of your biggest stars loses his high-profile job in one the year’s biggest sexual harassment scandals, how to you react?

With a brand new, and painfully detailed, anti-harassment policy.