Imagine that one of your top salespeople leaves to go to work for a competitor. At least you had the foresight to have her sign a nonsolicitation agreement as a condition of employment. So, your customers are safe. Then again…You have this sneaking suspicion that this salesperson may be emailing…
Baseball as a religion? Remember what Annie Savoy from the great Bull Durham said: “I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are…
Always one to procrastinate on submitting a presentation idea to speak at a SHRM conference, I’ve got only a few days left to submit some killer proposals before the next deadline. And. this year, I’m looking to you guys for some help. So, please take this quick one-question survey and…
That according to Lambda Legal, a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of the LGBT community. From last week’s Lambda Legal press release: Lambda Legal announced it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied its…
Your former employee, the one whom you paid an extra boat load of money to sign a non-solicitation agreement, just sent a bunch of LinkedIn invites to connect with some of your current employees. Has he violated his non-solicitation agreement? That was the precise issue in a case decided…
Proving that it’s not just women who are victims of sex discrimination, I’ve got news of a new EEOC lawsuit alleging that a company refused to hire a male applicant because of his sex. Unlike yesterday’s post, this has nothing to do with Silicon Valley. Silicone, however? Maybe. You see, that “bar”…
In February, a female Uber employee blogging under the pseudonym Amy Vertino blew the lid off of what she alleged to be a corporate culture of misogyny and other rampant discrimination. Recently, there have been several additional high-profile stories of alleged sex discrimination and harassment at the very top of the ladder.…
Look. It’s the Friday before a four-day holiday weekend. I need all the clicks I can get. And, somehow, I need to explain to IT how searching Google Images for “sex talk” serves a business purpose. Wait! I’ll just tell ’em it’s all for the readers. Now, if only one…
Back in the day, landing on “Community Chest” in Monopoly was second only to building hotels on Boardwalk. But, even with inflation, neither approaches the feeling of discovering that your employer goofed by agreeing to provide you with $2,747,400 in severance pay, rather than the previously agreed-upon $80,805.97. Yep, that happened.…
Want to weigh in on the U.S. Department of Labor‘s proposed overtime rules? Well, now you’ll get that chance. Again. If this sounds familiar, it should. The DOL would love to hear from you (again) about those overtime rules. Yep, we’re talking about the same overtime rules that would have…