Not a day goes by — or, so it seems — that an employee isn’t making headlines for some social media stupidity that results in losing a job. But, social needs to keep its ego in check and pay respect to the true OG that paved the way. Yeah, son. Email. As part…
Go ahead and grab your bucket lists. I’ll wait… Meet an employment-law blogger IRL. That’s gotta be page one, above the fold, amirite? Well, if you’re gonna be in Vegas later this month for the SHRM 2015 Annual Conference, and you’re ready to make all of your dreams come true —…
Three highlights of my weekend: This sword-balloon fight at dinner on Saturday. Eagles sign Tim Tebow. Because, what could possibly go wrong by reuniting this with this in Philadelphia? Catching up on the pilot of the new FX show, The Comedians. I’m all in. Honorable mention — ok, better than the balloon fight…
One of the great things about having my own blog is the ability to share and engage with my readers in a number of relatable ways. Mostly, it’s through a casual — some may say snarky — discussion of trending legal issues affecting the workplace. But, every once in while, I like that…
One week ago today, a Germanwings plane carrying 150 people crashed and killed everyone on board. Since then, there is mounting evidence that the co-pilot, who was in great physical shape, was also suffering from mental illness which caused him to deliberately steer Flight 9525 into the French Alps. Why didn’t Germanwings taken preventative…
Got a busted bracket in your HR Department’s NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket pool? Oh, riiiiiiiiiight. What bracket pool? I must be talking about that other company, the one with low-flow poop-stained toilets and the non-conforming employee handbook. #realtalk Well, according to this CareerBuilder.com survey, 1 in 7 US workers planned to fill out a…
Welcome, everyone, to the February 2015 edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. For those who don’t know, the ELBC, as we like to call it, is a monthly installment of the latest and greatest from the employment-law blogosphere. Each month, a different host and a different theme. In January,…
On the heels of the excuses we’ve been hearing this week from meteorologists on the east coast about the transformation of Snowmageddon to #Snowperbole… — well, at least one weatherperson owned it — …What better way to end the week than with a list of creative excuses; namely, CareerBuilder.com’s top…
Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of buzz going around the HR-interwebz a/k/a the hella-best part of the ‘net. The buzz was that The Employer Handbook went back-to-back and claimed the 2014 ABA Blawg100 honors by getting the most readers votes as top labor and employment law…
Translation: Three days left in 2014 and Meyer doesn’t have it in him to put together an original post for you. Fortunately, you guys continue to dig the other bazillion days of original content. As The Employer Handbook approaches its 4th birthday — if you’re thinking of a proper gift,…