Miscellaneous

Ba-chicka-wa-wa! Woman hurt during hotel sex sues…her employer.

August 1, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

From that employment-law blog that brought you the incredible story of the female accountant who won the right to legally masturbate at work, comes news of a woman who has sued her employer after she was struck in the head by a light fixture during sex in a hotel room that her employer paid for.

You can’t make this stuff up, yo. (And, ironically, I am typing this post in a Ramada Inn).

I feel a Pulitzer. More after the jump…

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Welcome to the Employment Law Blog Carnival: Jukebox edition!

July 20, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

The Employment Law Blog Carnival has finally rolled into town.

What is a blog carnival? It is a collection of links on a particular topic — here, employment law — that bloggers have submitted to me, which I then arrange around a particular theme.

For this edition of the Carnival, it’s DJ-ESkeelz on the one and two, with a music-themed employment-law blog carnival. I’ve got 13 hot joints (read: 13 links to employment-law articles from some of the blogosphere’s best…)

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Last call! Bloggers wanted for the “Employment Law Blog Carnival”

June 27, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a single online resource with links to a slew of topical blog posts about a particular topic or area — say, employment law? Well, I have a solution. But I need your help…to create a blog carnival.

What is a blog carnival, you ask? It is all explained here. In a nutshell, here’s how it will work:

To get things started, bloggers submit employment-law-related blog posts to me.

The Boston Bruins are Stanley Cup Champions!!!

June 16, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Come on, folks. What else did you expect?

Photo Credit: Elsa/Getty Images

The Carnival of HR rolls into town again

June 10, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

For those of who have yet to check it out or have never heard of the Carnival of HR, shame on you!

The Carnival of HR is dedicated to bringing together the best posts from the HR blogging community. This week, the Women of HR blog is hosting the Carnival. You’ll find links to 23 blog posts on various HR topics from “The Secret to Successful Job On-Boarding” to “The New Black of Benefits.”

So click on on over to this week’s carnival and have a great weekend.

POLL: Would you ever announce your retirement online?

June 2, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Yesterday afternoon, Shaquille O’Neal (@Shaq) put an end to an illustrious 18-year NBA career in a single tweet:

As I type this post — during the second intermission of the Stanley Cup Finals — the hashtag #ShaqRetires is still trending on Twitter.

So, the question is, would you ever use social media to announce your retirement?

A new HELLA GOOD social-media-discovery ruling for employers

May 25, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Last week, I reported that a Pennsylvania state court had ruled that a plaintiff did not have to provide access to her Facebook page during discovery by accepting a “friend” request from defense counsel. That same week, another Pennsylvania state court was asked to resolve whether a plaintiff’s “privacy rights” would trump a defendant’s request to access the plaintiff’s Facebook and MySpace accounts to discover facts relating to the plaintiff’s claim for damages.

Pennsylvania has become a hotbed of social-media-discovery litigation. Who knew?

I break down the latest decision, which I predict will be a “go-to” for defendants and courts alike, after the jump.

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Can PA employees access their personnel files upon request?

April 28, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Hey all! As I promised last night on Twitter, I’ve got nothing left in the tank for this blog post after watching my beloved Bruins defeat the hated Habs in overtime of Game 7 last night.

So, I’ll keep this short and sweet.

After the jump, I answer a question that many HR folks in Pennsylvania have asked me? Do we have to give employees access to their personnel files upon request?

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Calling all guest bloggers…

April 22, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

The Employer Handbook is looking for a few quaaludes guest bloggers.

If you think you have the chops to write a few hundred words on an employment-related topic of interest for businesses — especially those in PA, NJ, or DE — then

Smoke pot + grizzly bear bite (in the butt) = collect workers’ comp

April 4, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

Last month, the Montana Supreme Court opined that using marijuana “to kick off a day of working around grizzly bears” is “ill-advised to say the least and mind-bogglingly stupid to say the most” because “grizzlies are equal opportunity maulers, without regard to marijuana consumption.”

WTF?

I could go on, but you will have more fun reading this recent decision about an employee who smoked pot before his job at a bear park (surrounded by electrical fencing), got bit by a bear (of course), and petitioned for workers’ compensation benefits (and received them).