How to Gracefully Fire & Terminate an Employee

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiesersehen, Good-Bye! No one wants to do it, but as sure as death and taxes, if you’re in HR, you will have to fire someone some day. You can call it anything you warn, whether it’s termination, firing, letting someone go, it still sucks. No one wants to be fired, and […]

No Virginia, the First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Workplace Speech

I hope you all will indulge me today, as I discuss one of my personal legal pet peeves: a severe and significant lack of knowledge regarding the First Amendment to the Constitution, specifically, the right to free speech It seems that, unfortunately, we left some children (and adults) behind in civics/government class, because I find […]

Stop Talking. (And Think)

I’m going to come clean.  I forgot about all of you.  I didn’t write this post until the last minute.  It’s because I’ve had a lot going on lately.  You see, a few weeks ago my trusty 1996 Ford Explorer broke down on the way to a hearing, and after hearing from the mechanic that […]

BYOD: Don’t Forget About Your Employees

Mobile Recruiting week is sponsored by our friends, RXInsider and their new mobile app tool, CEAppCEnter. Learn more about mobile recruiting by registering for our webinar on 5/22 at 11 AM EST. Click here. Don’t forget to follow the Twitter hashtag, #mobilerecruit. So you’ve decided to implement a BYOD policy in the workplace.  After all, everyone seems to have […]

The ADEA’s Effect on Less Technology-Savvy Workers

We all have a few in our office: workers who don’t understand technology, have no interest in learning to use technology or are (secretly) afraid of technology.  They eschew computers except for the most basic tasks, maybe they print out emails, they hunt and peck on keyboards, they either use a “flip phone” or don’t […]

Lessons from the NLRB’s Social Media Decisions for BYOD Policies

Anyone that has been paying attention to the National Labor Relations Board’s social media decisions recently knows that they have been rather . . . picky.  For those of you who (quite reasonably) do not follow the NLRB’s every move, I’ll give you a quick summary. National Labor Relations Act The NLRB enforces the National […]