Everyone’s a critic when HR attempts to institute dress codes. Well, the reviews are in for new robes that Britain’s top judges will soon be wearing, and they’re not all good.
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Tags: dress code, judges, robes
It’s a good thing that Gary Duncan is self-employed because there are few HR departments that would approve of his work attire.
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Tags: dress code, self-employed, Speedo
When a murder suspect called 911 in Dallas and said he needed someone to pick him up because he wanted to turn himself in, the dispatcher said he had to find his own way to a local jail. Three weeks later, the dispatcher was still on the job.
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Tags: Dallas, investigation, murder
Nobody in HR likes to oversee layoffs — there are all sorts of negatives associated with them. But a North Carolina newspaper probably didn’t expect this outcome.
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Tags: cutting staff, layoffs, newspaper
Anyone in HR who has written a help wanted ad or a policy document knows how to make them gender neutral. You’d never use “men” or a masculine pronoun.
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Tags: gender neutral, men at work, signs
Does an obviously disabled employee need to ask for accommodation before the employer’s duty to accommodate kicks in?
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Tags: accommodation, ADA, disability
As an HR pro, you know that when it comes to dress codes, the more specific the language, the better. That way, there’s no confusion.
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Tags: dress code, hair, suspended
Imagine this: An employee makes a crucial error, one that either costs the company a lot of money or even puts another person’s life in jeopardy. The company fires the employee, only to have an arbitrator reinstate the worker.
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Tags: arbitration, firing, police
An employee is arrested and charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana at home. Do you fire him?
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Many businesses like to mark major milestones, such as the millionth customer or the billionth hamburger served. Here’s one type of milestone most companies would not like to celebrate.
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