Dealing with Unexpected Truth

Everything, especially everything at work, is on the record. It’s not just information, it’s evidence.
 

Diversity: Why Laws Don’t Fix Discrimination

What usually happens is that people just get more circumspect about how they discriminate so they don’t get caught. -Heather Bussing
 

What the Hobby Lobby Case Means

It is possible that this decision will increase the freedoms that the companies involved sought to restrict by demanding their own religious freedom. Freedom is tricky that way. -Heather Bussing Photo: “All the contraceptive pills are gone…” by Surija ‘Sray’ is licensed under CC BY 2.0
 

Diversity: Get Off My Lawn

Over and over we set up the same dichotomy of Us v. Them. Pick your group, pick your label. Everyone else is excluded because they don’t know, don’t understand and have never been there.
 

Diversity: Tampering with Certainty

How do we change hearts and minds so that we can appreciate our differences instead of pretending they don’t exist?
 

Don’t Monitor Employees on Social Media

Lose the disclaimers, drivel and drama. Social media monitoring doesn’t protect your company like you think.
 

Social Media, Fear & Lawyers

Should your corporate social media policy be rewritten based on ‘results’ from a buzzworthy survey that’s based on a whopping 0.02% response rate?
 

Why I Killed My Linkedin Account

“I have read most social media terms of service and this is the most draconian indemnity clause I have seen.”
 

ELBC Walks Into a Bar

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, by Heather Bussing
A lawyer, a nun, a priest, an Irishman, a minister, a Scotsman, a rabbi and a blonde walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and asks, “Is this some kind of joke?”
 

Don’t Let Jailbreaking Escape Your BYOD Policy

Are your employees bringing ‘Jailbroken’ smartphones to work? Management-side Employment Lawyer Casey Sipe explains.