George's Employment BlawgNews, analysis & comments on labor & employment law, human resources, and other work-related topics, by George Lenard, a St. Louis employment lawyer representing employers, and Michael Harris, a University of Missouri - St. Louis HR professor and consultant (e.g., expert witness for employment discrimination).Even more Laughs! And This One Is Actually Funny!- September 16, 2005 First, however, I must acknowledge recruiting.com, where I found this joke. Second, I must tell you that I modified it slightly, for a variety of reasons. I hope you like it; I think it's really funny. No, it is NOT an attorney joke...don't worry, George, I'll get to those one of these days..........Here it goes....Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake.By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth. One day, the bunny was hopping.http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/even-more-laughs-and-this-one-is.html Monster.com is on Board the Katrina Jobs Train- September 14, 2005 In an earlier post, I suggested that Monster.com consider free job listings for employers desiring to hire Katrina evacuees, indicating I was e-mailing Monster to suggest this.Today I received the following response:Good afternoon,On behalf of Monster, I wish to express my sincerest thanks for your inquiry regarding Monster's planned efforts for hurricane relief.We at Monster are deeply saddened by these tragic events and welcome your ideas to help ease the suffering for the people affected. We.http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/monstercom-is-on-board-katrina-jobs.html Need a Little Laugh I Do....So Read "Who's Kidding"- September 14, 2005 Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young Engineer fresh out of college, "And what starting salary were you looking for" The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, a company matching retirement fund for 50% of your salary, and a company car leased every 2 years-say, a red Corvette"...http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/need-little-laugh-i-doso-read-whos.html HREmployment Blogosphere Update for September 13, 2005- September 14, 2005 This Blawg is speeding down the road to our exciting makeover. (Yes, I once drove a classic Mustang -- a Rangoon Red '65 fastback with red interior and 289 4-barrel, and hope to one day drive it again. That's why I like this photo.)Meanwhile, I'm feeling like I abandoned my regular update readers by skipping two Mondays.So here, better late than never, is a quick update from around the blogosphere (no table of contents or headings today, just running through blogs in alphabetical order, as far..http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/hremployment-blogosphere-update-for.html Getting Ready to Interview Check www.interviewat.com- September 13, 2005 Wouldn't you love to have a preview of what kinds of interview questions and selection processes a company you are about to interview at hasNow, you can find out that kind of information, and so far, it is free!Just go to www.interviewat.com and find information about what to expect at the interview. My quick look through this website indicated that the focus is on technical interviews, but there may be lots of other information as well.One applicant even listed specific questions on a written..http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/getting-ready-to-interview-check.html Blog This Story: Queen of the Sky Sues Delta For Firing- September 12, 2005 Remember the Queen of the Sky George had several postings dealing with her blog (here and here). She was a flight attendant who was ultimately fired by Delta for blogging. You may recall that on her blog, she included some pictures of herself that some might have called "racy." You can visit her website, queenofsky.journalspace.com, here.What she is doing now issuing Delta, of course, for Title VII violations (sex discrimination) and for a violation of the Railway Labor Act.I searched for a...http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-this-story-queen-of-sky-sues.html Flattery Will Get You Everywhere....Including the Courtroom- September 12, 2005 For Mae West fans, you may know that the quote "Flattery will get you everywhere" is attributed to her!Now you can read about how flattery can even get a company into court. In this case, a manager was making complimentary statements about how young an older employee looked. You probably know what happened next: a termation. In this case, the company argued thatthe employee was fired for job-related reasons. Turns out that the employee's performance exceeded other employees. On appeal, the...http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/flattery-will-get-you.html Good news, bad news about this blog (mostly good)- September 12, 2005 The good news is that we are welcoming aboard a third contributor, Catherine Collingwood.Catherine was one of our first readers, back when we were lucky to see 200 pageviews a week (now we're 300+ a DAY). She is a longtime blogger, operating CathColl.net, which she describes as "a general-purpose personal web site." It is not, however, a personal-life blog (except for the occasional cat story or pic), but contains well-written, plain-English thoughts and comments on a wide range of news items...http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/good-news-bad-news-about-this-blog.html Comment to read- September 8, 2005 Comments can quickly be buried on a busy blog like this one, so sometimes I like to highlight them.Today, I received a comment supplementing my Labor Day book review of "Labor Law Stories," apparently from one of the authors, Dennis Nolan.I had never done a book review before (at least not since "book reports" in school decades ago!) It is quite a formidable task. I had been reading into this book periodically since mid-summer, and there was so much I could have said it was difficult to boil it.http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/comment-to-read.html A few lessons from a race discrimination case involving termination of an attorney- September 8, 2005 Today Law.com linked to an article about the 11th Circuit's prompt disposition -- in the employer's favor -- of a case involving termination of a black female in-house attorney .According to this article, the Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment "on the basis of the thorough and well-reasoned discussion of the issues" by the District Court.I did not look for the District Court opinion, but only read the article. Nonetheless, a few observations came to mind.First, the...http://employmentblawg.blogspot.com/2005/09/few-lessons-from-race-discrimination.html |