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Can you legally fire an employee who butt-dials you while talking smack about the company?

Taken with a selfie stick and way too much effort.
Easy there, folks. My servers can only handle so much traffic on a Thursday. Continue reading

Taken with a selfie stick and way too much effort.
Easy there, folks. My servers can only handle so much traffic on a Thursday. Continue reading

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I’ll be honest. Not only am I late by a day in recognizing Equal Pay Day, but I don’t know the etiquette.
Is it “happy”?
I can’t imagine why anyone would be happy about it. Heck, I just Googled and was immediately shown “11 Gender Wage Gap Statistics That Will Scare The Crap Out Of You.” Continue reading

I took this picture. Not bad, eh?
Filed under: “Didn’t think I’d be saying that in 2018.”
But, it’s all good.
I am grateful to Ben Eubanks and the Northern Alabama Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management for this opportunity to debut my new and improved “My Employees Can Miss How Much Work?!? Managing the Challenges of Leave Under the FMLA and ADA?” to a fantastic audience of HR professionals in Huntsville, AL today.

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Remember that time one of your employees:
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

Hey, thanks for asking!
In a word: Hella-good.
Unless that’s two words, in which case, I’ll go with awesome!!! Continue reading

By Dennis Hill from The OC, So. Cal. – misc 24, CC BY 2.0, Link
When will people learn?
(Although, if they do, I’ll have less about which to blog.)
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Service Advisors
at an auto dealership
don’t get overtime Continue reading

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A couple of readers suggested that I blog today about a waiter in Canada fired for “combative and aggressive” behavior, err, behaviour towards other staff. The waiter has a simple defense, one that he has raised in a civil rights complaint.

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Ok, enough with New Jersey for this week.
Today, I blog on a lighter note. It’s Career Builder’s list of “The Most Unusual Things People Have Done in Job Interviews.” Continue reading