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This is a photo from a West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety basic training program. And the you-know-what has hit the fan! Continue reading
Articles Posted in Religion
Was the plaintiff too Jewish to get a job in Ohio? Or was it something else? (Spoiler alert: Something else)
Having avoided sepsis and other O’Hare carpet-related food contamination, the Meyer Family arrived in London yesterday, dominated some fish and chips (not pictured above) in Soho, and is gearing up for a full day of sightseeing and shenanigans today.
So, with the kids in bed and me at the computer sipping a 330 ml British IPA — God Bless America and it’s full 12 oz beer cans, yeah, I Googled the conversion rate — I have a little time to blog. Continue reading
‘You better finish off your work quick, or I’ll ship you all off to the gas chambers.’
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Said a grade school teacher (allegedly) to her class of 28 ten-year-olds, 11 of whom are Jewish. Continue reading
I’ll send Tommy back there to hit you in the head with a tack hammer if you get this HR compliance question wrong.
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We’re going to quiz you today on workplace religious accommodations.
(If you fail, instead of sending Tommy Boy, I’ll call the HR police to your office to tear up your SHRM-CP certification into little, tiny pieces, which we will then use to fill eggs to throw at your home on Mischief Night. Then, after you’ve finished cleaning up your shame, you can come to work on Halloween in costume as an ‘HR professional’ and we’ll all have another good laugh, and maybe give you a piece of candy.) Continue reading
There are better ways to improve employee morale than with exorcisms and sex questionnaires, I’m told.
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Howard Stern interviewed Alec Baldwin recently. Mr. Baldwin was talking about going to anger management classes and realizing quickly that, well, he’s really not that angry. At least not compared to some of the other folks required to attend anger management classes.
Now, consider your most pain-the-butt, problem employee.
Girl Scout Cookies and Employment Law – Almost Everything That HR Needs To Know
Won’t you help little Ivy Meyer achieve her Girl Scout Cookies sales goal?
It’s that time of year again.
Coworkers have begun bombarding you with requests to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. So, in that spirit, let’s tackle:
- Whether unions will start organizing your workplace if you relax your no-solicitation policy to allow employees to sell Girl Scout Cookies;
- Can employees use your email system to proselytize if co-workers use it to sell Girl Scout Cookies; and
- A bonus discrimination case involving the sale of Girl Scout Cookies gone terribly wrong.
Not every offhand comment, slight, and insult is a federal lawsuit.
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Meet “John” the firefighter. Continue reading
Although firing a proselytizing employee may be perfectly legal, making fun of him is a really bad idea.
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Just ask a midwest employer that had its motion for summary judgment denied and now may have to defend a hostile work environment claim before a federal jury. Continue reading
SCOTUS sides with baker that refused to bake a cake to celebrate gay marriage. But, it’s not what you think.
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By Jeffrey Beall – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link
Most of you have probably heard of the case that went to the Supreme Court involving a Colorado baker who would customize a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because he believed that doing so would violate his religious beliefs. The case is called Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
Yesterday, in a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with the baker.
Today, you’ll read headlines like, “Supreme Court sides with Colorado baker who refused to make wedding cake for same-sex couple” or “Supreme Court Hands Win To Baker Who Refused Service To Gay Couple”
But, don’t get it twisted. Continue reading