Tag: employee

Sexual Harassment: 4 Critical Questions for Reviewing Your Policy

By Matt Gilley, FordHarrison Jan 4, 2018 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Wow. That’s all I have to say: Wow.

I last posted here in September and, man, oh man, has there been some water under the bridge. Sexual harassment exploded onto the front pages. The Harvey Weinstein story (read Kristin’s post here) seemed to open the floodgates. Since then, harassment allegations (and in many cases, more than allegations) have brought to heel business leaders, politicians, entertainers, athletes, and more. We even have […]

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Great expectations? Let’s tip off with reasonable expectations

By David Kim, FordHarrison Jun 27, 2016 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Expectations are a funny thing. They can be good in that they set forth an objective measure for expected performance, goals, and standards of conduct. On the other hand, they can turn bad if they are unreasonable or prone to differing or subjective interpretations. Watching the NBA draft last week, I was struck by how […]

Parks Madness

By David Kim, FordHarrison Mar 25, 2015 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

In February, one of my favorite televisions shows, Parks and Recreation, concluded its magnificent seven-season run. While it had typical struggles in the early going, it soon hit its stride and gave us a cast of interesting characters whom we got to see evolve from their first interaction with the Pawnee, Indiana, Parks Department all […]

Lactation intolerance

By Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison Jun 27, 2014 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

When Karlesha Thurman got ready for her college graduation ceremony, she probably had no idea that she would be picking up international news coverage along with her accounting degree. Thurman’s three-month-old daughter became hungry during the festivities and Thurman did what countless other mothers have done–she nursed her hungry baby. A friend snapped a photograph […]

Donald Sterling: SMH

By Matt Gilley, FordHarrison May 6, 2014 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

I learned something last week. If you read a youngster’s text messages, you’ll notice a complicated system of abbreviations, symbols, and symaphores that, when translated with your 7-year-old’s assistance, become more-or-less coherent English sentences. Anyway, I learned “SMH” means “shaking my head,” which is exactly what I do these days when I hear the words […]

Veronica Mars: Return to Neptune

By Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison Apr 4, 2014 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Thanks in large part to a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, legions of “Marshmallows” and I recently got to enjoy new adventures of Veronica Mars on the big screen. Although Veronica left the small screen back in 2007, that did not stop my favorite private detective from diving right back into action (and danger) in the film version. The premise of the film […]

If you don’t have anything nice to say…

By Brian Kurtz Mar 10, 2014 EntertainHR

Updated: Mar 10, 2014

Lately, have you felt feverish, light-headed, even giddy? Well then you must have Oscar fever. The stars! The gowns! The teeth! My god, those blinding white teeth! For you, March 2, 2014, was a night of luxury, glamour, and take-out noodles because NO WAY you were cooking for the family and risk missing J-Law stumble […]

No woman, no cry

By Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison Nov 19, 2012 That's What She Said

Updated: Nov 19, 2012

Litigation Value: Dwight’s sexual and sexist comments regarding women = additional fodder for a hostile work environment claim (not to mention Clark’s potential claims); Jim taking calls about starting a different company on Dunder Mifflin time = a potential breach of the duty of loyalty; taking another trip to crazy town with Jan = priceless. With David […]

Don’t mistake activity for achievement

By Dan Oswald Sep 24, 2012 Oswald Letter

Updated: Sep 24, 2012

Early in my career, I worked for a boss who, every time he returned from vacation, measured the productivity of his staff by the number of reports and memos he had waiting from each person. It didn’t take long for his staff to realize if you wanted to impress upon him that you had worked hard […]

Office Olympics

By Adam Klarfeld Aug 2, 2012 That's What She Said

Updated: Aug 2, 2012

With the Olympics in full swing this summer, reruns of The Office have been replaced with reruns of the Olympics (OK, tape-delayed events, but you get the idea). I can only assume this means that every workplace in the entire world is now hosting its very own office-themed Olympics with events ranging from office-chair races to Flonkerton. (In Season 2, […]