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New Blog Site

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 12:56

I have a new blog site. You can find it at www.wordonemploymentlaw.com. You will notice a few changes now and other changes as time goes on. For the most part, however, it will continue to provide substantive employment law and human resources content, as well as the attempt to draw employment lessons from current events and popular [...]

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Being Average or Below

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:21

A cartoon posted by Cultural Offering and one posted by Eclecticity caught my eye. They have a common theme. Check them out for a laugh, albeit a sad one.

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A Perfect World

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:40

What would be in your perfect world? Execupundit has a perfect world that sounds pretty good — almost perfect.

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Recession? What Recession?

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 07:30

As the following video clip demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt, some employers have been able to operate as though there were no recession at all. If we could all be as smart, maybe as lucky, the economy would be roaring back. Eat your hearts out!

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Warning Signs of Workplace Violence

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 07:49

It’s no exaggeration to say that workplace violence is any employer’s worst nightmare, whether or not there’s resulting litigation. Given today’s economy, the risk of the nightmare has increased. One of the latest tragedies has occurred at Ohio State University. A probationary maintenance employee who had been told he would be fired on March 13 (this coming [...]

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