Bartender fired for laughing?
June 30, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Latest News & Views, Worst manager of the week
As an HR pro, you may often ask applicants why they are no longer at a previous job.
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June 30, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Workers have to clock out before using bathroom
June 30, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Dubious decisions, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
A union in Great Britain has voiced its displeasure at a meat processing company’s policy of requiring its employees to clock out every time they have to use the bathroom.
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Tags: bathroom, clock out, Dickensian
World’s oldest clown may retire after 50 years on job
June 27, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fun stuff on the Web, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Bumbo has been clowning around for half a century, and at age 90 he thinks it may be time to hang up his umbrella hat.
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Tags: 50 years on job, clown, retire
Man survives nine-story plunge with big wedgie
June 27, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
A window cleaner in Gold Coast, Australia survived a nine-story fall from a tower with a broken arm — and a broken pelvis from his safety harness wedgie.
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806,000 in Britain on ’sicknote’ benefits for more than 10 years
June 26, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
More than a third of people who receive Incapacity Benefits in Great Britain have been milking the system for more than 10 years.
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One pilot a week fails alcohol test in India
June 26, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
About 50 pilots a year in India can’t fly because they’re already buzzed.
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Employee’s affair gets her disciplined — was it fair?
June 26, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Here comes the judge, Special Report
A federal court has ruled that a city did not violate the Constitutional rights of an employee who received a verbal reprimand for having an affair.
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Tags: affair, court, discipline, fired
Chinese policewoman promoted after nursing babies orphaned in quake
June 25, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
A Chinese policewoman who breastfed babies orphaned during May’s earthquake has been promoted to vice commissar of the Jiangyou Public Security Bureau.
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Workers never got promised ‘permanent settlement’ in U.S.
June 25, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Dubious decisions, Latest News & Views, Oh no they didn't
Recruitment ads have always made certain promises: Great pay, good benefits, collegial work atmosphere, etc. Imagine the disappointment of some immigrant workers who thought their new jobs came with U.S. citizenship when that wasn’t the case.
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Tags: immigrant workers, new jobs, recruitment
Survey: One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues
June 24, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Oh no they didn't
If an employee accessed confidential information such as salaries by breaking into a filing cabinet, most HR pros would say that person deserves to be disciplined. But what about when IT accesses confidential electronic documents?
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Tags: confidential information, IT, snoop
