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Will I see you at EEOC EXCEL today? It should be EXCELLENT! (See what I did there?)
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Yep, it’s that time of year.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Training Institute is hosting its Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference in Washington, DC. Continue reading
It appears that, yes, you can be fired for flipping off President Trump’s motorcade.
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- flipped off President Trump’s motorcade,
- got photographed in the act,
- became a viral sensation,
- got fired from her job, and
- sued claiming a violation of public policy.
Whatever happened to that lawsuit? Continue reading
Racist posts on Facebook are apparently a really bad look for an HR professional. #shrm18
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I use the term “professional” loosely.
That is to say, not at all. Continue reading
What I have for you today is even better than a Bryan Colangelo post-mortem!
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My thorough rundown of all things Bryan Colangelo will have to wait until next week when I serve as a guest contributor to the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Today, however, I’ve got your hook up! Continue reading
Meanwhile, a former company executive was apparently fired because of his wife’s tweets
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In case you missed it, last Friday I slipped into the vortex to detail the amazing story of the 76ers’ president of basketball operations and general manager, Bryan Colangelo, and five Twitter burner accounts with which he may be associated. Several of these accounts were used to talk smack about 76ers players, other league Executives, leak medical information, and more!
One theory that was gaining traction was that a few of the accounts were possibly linked to Colangelo’s wife!
That’s original. Except, maybe not. Continue reading
Grab your popcorn. We need to talk about this Bryan Colangelo Twitter burner-account bombshell.
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HR lessons from Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet and ABC’s immediate cancellation of her show
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On the same day that Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores to train its employees on implicit bias (full curriculum here), an outspoken Hollywood celebrity stole the headlines with an explicitly-racist tweet. Continue reading
Remember the woman fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade? Now, she’s suing.
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Remember that time one of your employees:
- rode her bike,
- passed the President’s motorcade,
- was photographed giving him the middle finger, and
- became a national celebrity/spectacle (depending on your point of view)?
For an employee of a Virginia GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR (oops!), it resulted in her termination of employment late last year. (More on that here.)
As I say a silent prayer to the blogging gods, read on as I discuss the lawsuit the cyclist just filed against her former employer and offer some practical advice for employers. Continue reading
Two more learn the hard way that off-the-clock social media use can be a job killer
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When will people learn?
(Although, if they do, I’ll have less about which to blog.)
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