Celebrating Halloween in the workplace can be a fun diversion for your staff but it can scare the dickens out of your employment lawyer or human resources personnel unless you follow some important steps for ...
The recent headlines regarding Minnesota professional sports are full of interesting guidance for human resource professionals. Jimmy Butler Demands Trade From the Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves face the question of whether to comply with star ...
An employee got fired for missing work due to his incarceration, yet still was awarded unemployment compensation benefits. How does that happen? Farah M. Muse was arrested, jailed and unable to report for work on ...
Singer Aretha Franklin, often dubbed the “Queen of Soul”, passed away this week at the age of 76. Though best known for her incredible 60’s-70’s soul music, Franklin’s beautiful and powerful voice transcended labels or ...
You have to be a true Scrooge not to feel a warm glow when reading about or watching old Fezziwig’s joyous company Christmas party in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” In the modern workplace, however, ...
With the end of the State Fair and the beginning of school, many of us turn our attention to the next big annual event – the start of the season for the Minnesota Vikings and ...
When employees claim that someone is harassing them, we occasionally hear “he does that with everybody – he’s an equal opportunity harasser.” That defense only works in certain circumstances. In a recent Alabama federal court case, former ...
Good employment law advice can be found in many places, such as the Bible (Proverbs 17:28) which tells us “Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise[.]” The culprits in the following three cases must have ...
