People like to get their knickers all twisted up over discriminatory hiring practices. (And for the record, it’s not illegal to discriminate in hiring; it’s only illegal to discriminate based on certain protected classes. Certainly you can discriminate against idiots, if you would like. You can also discriminate
Our friends over at Overlawyered write about the tale of a 63 year old woman who was terminated and then sued for age discrimination. Yawn. I know you are thinking that this is about the most boring post ever. (Well, there was one that had a heated discussion
I’m an exempt, salaried employee. I’ve been in my position for a year. I recently learned that my employer has been using a full 8 hours of PTO for every full day I’m gone – regardless of whether I still managed to put in a full 40-hour work
Because this blog is 2, and isn’t that what 2 year olds do?
I just read some of the best advice ever, for someone in this situation. Hop on over to US News and read Ask A Manager’s Alison Green’s advice. For example: 2. Next, drop your ego some more, and go to your manager with your guard down. Tell her
I found your blog through Punk Rock HR and love it. I check it everyday and feel not so alone in my HR-ness. I am hoping you can help me with an existential question about relocation. I’m not expecting you to make a decision for me as much
This is a salary rounding question. A non exempt is hired at a salary rate. The HR system contains an hourly rate since they are non exempt. The employee is given their merit raise of 5%. The merit raise paperwork they sign has only a percentage raise, say
Having a Bachelor’s degree is generally a requirement for a professional job. Sure, there are people who have such jobs without one, but I don’t recommend it as the way to go. But, what does having one really mean? Charles Murray argues, in the Wall Street Journal, that
We have a situation in which an individual in the family was let go and given 6 months’ severance. This person presented a letter saying he had one year of severance in his contract. Since the company had been bought out, they responded that their severance offer superseded
We just got home from vacation. We had to rent a car. Which meant we had about a zillion places to choose from. We flew into Las Vegas (we don’t gamble, but we sure can eat, and the food there is quite good). (Side note, we stayed at
