By Keith Allison [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsThe Washington Redskins are a bad National Football League franchise. I’m not talking about the name of the team yet. We’ll get to that. I’m mean last year’s 7-9 Washington Redskins. Like fans of the Dallas Cowboys, the tell-tale sign of Redskins…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/truck-transportation-vehicle-158539/) For the last year and change, Jon Hyman, who blogs at the excellent Ohio Employer Law Blog, has run a series of posts identifying employers accused of egregious workplace violations. Stuff so bad that it would have your employment practices liability insurance carrier hyperventilating into a 50-gallon…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/eyes-surprise-wow-expression-open-312093/) Yesterday morning, I read my friend Jon Hyman’s post on LinkedIn about a lawsuit in which a person of color alleged that various supervisors and managers: Frequently called him the “n-word”; Told him to “reach his black hands out” while handing him a box; and Offered him a…
By The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA (Black Lives Matter Black Friday) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsA white man who cast himself as a rising star at a midwest bank claimed that his trajectory plummetted after he posted a message on Facebook criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement.…
Screenshot taken from https://news.starbucks.com/press-releases/starbucks-to-close-stores-nationwide-for-racial-bias-education-may-29 In a video posted on the company’s website, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson followed up his initial apology for last week’s incident in Philadelphia with additional details on how the company would try to avoid a similar event in the future. Here’s more from the Starbucks press release: Starbucks…
Screenshot taken from https://news.starbucks.com/views/a-follow-up-message-from-starbucks-ceo-in-philadelphia Starbucks was riding a pretty good HR streak in 2018. Among other things, the coffee giant had attained 100% gender and racial equality and announced investments in paid leave. Yep, things were lookin’ really good for Starbucks. Then, last week, things got really bad. An arrest…
Pattie on Flickr (“In an antique shop window” https://www.flickr.com/photos/piratealice/3082374723)//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Even if you operate an antique shop, this sign is not a good look for your business. So, as you can imagine, the State of Illinois wasn’t too cool with one of its local employment agencies taking out an advertisement in…
Finger Indicate Poking Designate To Point Show (Image Credit: http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Finger-Indicate-Poking-Designate-To-Point-Show-427537) This post doesn’t deliver as much earth-shattering HR compliance as it does clickbait. But, since you’re here, hang out for a bit why don’t you? (Ok, I’ve got a few tips for you at the end.) The plaintiff in Squitieri…
By No machine-readable author provided. Moberg assumed (based on copyright claims). [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsAt least she didn’t have too many personal belongings to pack up. (Too soon?) TheGrio.com has all the details (here): The New York Times fired a writer just hours after they had hired her after they learned…
When this happened, you knew that I had to do some celebrating. Twice. So, the fam and braved the long lines (during which my young children got quite a vocabulary lesson) and headed into Philadelphia on Thursday for the Philadelphia Eagles parade. Just us and a few million strangers. But, football season is over. I’ve…