When it comes to working for me as a blog minion, I don’t have many rules. Actually, I do have many rules. My blog minion job description is longer than a double roll of Charmin. Indeed, using a micro-tipped rollerball pen, my job description is caligrophied on two-ply and wrapped…
There’s gotta be an HR lesson here somewhere. Oh, I think I can come up with something. Have you heard about this one yet? This one has been making the rounds over the past few days. According to this story from Brandi Bottalico at the Frederick News Post, the person in…
Seems appropriate to broach this trench-HR conundrum on a hump day, amirite? (Don’t worry. I’ll be here all week). As I two-finger type away at my keyboard on this blog post, I see that Aliah Wright‘s “Employee by Day, Adult Film Actress by Night: What Should HR Do?” is the second-most…
” Picture a nerdier version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where persuasive legal briefs and sharp oral advocacy are like rear naked chokes and “ground and pound.” The fight card. [Cue music] In the red corner, we have the Federal Arbitration Act. Among other things, the FAA allows an employer and employee…
The answer to this question, because I’m a lawyer, is “it depends.” Naturally, of course. Well, what does it depend on? Ok. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer cannot require a medical examination and cannot ask about whether someone has a disability (or about the nature and severity of the…
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? (Mute your computer at 1:12 and 1:36) Last month, I wrote here about how about how Philly employers asking salary-history questions to job candidates was poised to go the way of the dodo bird. That is, City Council voted 16-0 to pass this…
You’ll have to pardon the headline. I’m not nearly as articulate as the Third Circuit was in yesterday’s opinion in Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC, using words like “cognizable” and “disproportionate adverse impact.” And, even though the Third Circuit sits in Philadelphia, you won’t find local lingo like “old…
The lede could’ve described me in my youngers days Many years ago A few years ago Several months ago Two weeks ago Yesterday Well, maybe it continues to describe me. At least, that’s what the note in my personnel file says. However, we’re not here today to talk about me… Nope,…
Nope, no clickbait here. And no irony in the lede either. Plus, I feel like I’ve seen this one before. But, before we get to that… Disney World wore these kids out! For more photos from our trip, head over to my Instagram (@eric_b_meyer). Life imitates art (sort of). For…
Remember Hank the Septopus from Disney’s Finding Dory? I found his missing tentacle. And, my son ate it! Let’s hear it for the boy! Other highlights of Day 3 (Epcot) of the Disney sojourn with the family: Breakfast with many princesses: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Belle among others. Anna was taken with…