I’m often asked, “Eric, where do you find this stuff?” Why TMZ, of course. Break ’em off TMZ: “Whitney Wolfe claims in a new lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — she was mercilessly brutalized by the other execs who wanted to remove her title because no one would take a…
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3 ways the #HobbyLobby decision affects your workplace
Mid-morning yesterday, the Internet broke shortly after the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in HHS v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.. Jeez, I’m still cleaning out my Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook feeds. In case your wifi, 4G, 3G, dial-up, TV, radio, and other electronics picked the wrong day to quit…
Black man claims a paint company’s paint is racist and he was fired for complaining
The Benjamin Moore color gallery contains, among others, Clinton Brown and Tucker Chocolate. My virgin ears! I mean, how racist can you get?!? Or, so says Clinton Tucker, a former Benjamin Moore employee, who filed a complaint in New Jersey state court in which he alleges that these paint names…
Supreme Court: President Obama botched those NLRB recess appointments
In a unanimous opinion delivered yesterday (here) in NLRB v. Noel Canning, the Supreme Court concluded that President Obama’s so-called “recess appointments” of three of the five members of the National Labor Relations Board between the Senate’s January 3 and January 6 pro forma sessions were unconstitutional. Amy Howe from…
Score? US Men’s Soccer’s permission slip so your employees can miss work today
I remember a high school classmate of mine who had his mom send in a permission slip to excuse him from missing school for the Philadelphia Phillies’ home opener. Mom’s note indicated that her son was suffering from “Vernal Flu.” Get it? Vernal Flu = Spring Fever. Pretty creative, huh?…
#SHRM14 updates from the best of the bloggerati
Sorry for the late past today, gang. I had planned on putting something together last night, but, two words: sushi coma. So, here for your enjoyment, whether you’re attending the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo this year, like I am, or whether you’ve been following along online, is a…
Nooses, n-words, and confederate flags, but no discrimination #shrm14
Over the weekend, I read this opinion in a race-discrimination with facts so egregious, they’d make David Duke blush. Let me set the scene for you. This is a workplace where, allegedly, several of the white employees displayed Confederate flag paraphernalia. I’ll spare you a verbatim review of the…
What HR should know about same-sex marriage and the FMLA #SHRM14
Folks, I get the feeling you may be inundated with extra blog posts over the next few days. That is, I’m punching this post out from the airport, as I await my flight to Orlando, where I’ll be attending the Gathering of the Juggalos 2014 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo.…
Survey reveals the top workplace productivity killers (Hint: one rhymes with “mocial sedia”)
And most of them revolve around technology. According to a CareerBuilder survey, here are the top ten:
#SHRM14: Let’s grab coffee (you’re buying)
And by coffee, I mean turkey legs and frozen blueberry-mango rum lemonade. Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down… You see that badge over there? You know what I had to do to get that badge?Buy the full version of Photoshop Spike the Kool-Aid of everyone on the SHRM Annual Conference Speaker…