Out of 276,376 page views in 2016 — thanks for reading and clicking refresh, dad — these five were straight fire!!! 5. The new DOL overtime rules are here. You’ve got HR questions? I have answers! 4. Foul! Nasty tweets to Steph Curry’s family cost a Cavs fan his job. 3. “A person…
These are the key allegations underpinning ***Googles “underpinning”*** yes, underpinning a complaint filed in California against luxury retailer Versace. Tell us more, Mayra Cuevas reporting here at CNN.com: Can you fire employees for complaining about discriminatory treatment of customers? No, dude. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees who…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rules were supposed to impact something like 5 million employees. Those rules would have taken effect on December 1. But, about that… And, those proposed rules are now on life support. Still, even the specter of the rule change achieved its intended effect.…
Yes, it’s that time for Career Builder’s list of most unusual holiday workplace gifts. If you’re one of the 20-ish percent of folks who give gifts to a co-worker or boss, you may be struggling to find a last-minute gift. If you have $20 in your pockets, which is usually…
Actually, I’m not talking about the drink. No, the case I’m addressing today has actual sex on the beach. And allegations of sexual harassment and disparate treatment. It involves an outside sales representative — let’s call her “Plaintiff” — and the son of the company President, during a boat trip in Mallorca,…
Blogger Claus — that’s me, I’m the non-denominational, workplace-friendly Blogger Claus — wants to reward his good readers with some holiday cheer. (The bad readers get two EEOC Charges and will be fed to Krampus). So, here’s what I have. It’s your choice of any one of the following (as…
I’ll go ahead and file this one under “Wa Wa Waaah!”
Really, Eric. Another post about those darn Department of Labor overtime rules?!? Hold up! This one’s different. Last week, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recorded its first overtime-rules podcast: “Enjoined OT Rules – Now What?” Nancy Hammer, Esq., SHRM’s Senior Government Affairs Policy Counsel, hosted the podcast. With…
While I must admit that I laughed more than I cringed, my readers came through with some tales of holiday parties gone haywire. Here are some snippets: First job; quick job. “A young lady just out of college had only been with the company a few months when she became completely…
I know y’all are waiting with baited breath — wait, hold do you bait breath? Like a putting a worm on a fishing line or something? ***Googles*** Right, as I was saying, I know y’all are waiting with bated breath for me to publish all of those reader-submitted holiday-party “yowzas”…