Archbishop Criticized for Mass Firing of Bellringers [Updated]
Church officials claimed “decisive action” was necessary to address unspecified “health and safety” concerns.
Employment Law
Board Strikes Down Rule Requiring Employees to Be “Positive”
They can make you work, but they can’t make you like it. Or make you act like you do.
Has Your Boss Ever Pooped In Your Lunchbox?
If not, then he is not the worst boss ever, as this story proves.
Wet Willy and Mr. Nub
Does administering a “wet willy” qualify as a crime? Well … it depends.
Things Not to Say to Employees #1-5
There are so many, but here are five.
Slaves Forced to Help With Guinness-World-Record Attempt
If you are thinking, well, why do I even have slaves if I can’t force them to help me get into the Guinness Book of World Records, you are missing the point entirely and are also an extremely bad human…
Best Friends Allege They Were Fired After Swapping Wives
The wives also swapped husbands, so everybody seems happy … except for the sheriff.
Tribunal Reinstates Man Fired for Chicken-Dance Harassment
One major aspect of the reasons for dismissal, which involved a finding that the applicant performed the "chicken dance" as an intentional act to intimidate, harass or otherwise harm another employee, was simply fanciful and did not represent a valid…
Judge Rejects the Queen’s Claim for Back Wages
This recent decision by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (thanks, Lachlan) is called The Queen v. Pro Bono Law Ontario, and that name needs some explaining. In the U.S., criminal cases are usually named something like State v. Whoever or United States v. Whoever (or,…
Well, Somebody Doesn’t Know What “Homophones” Are
It's either Clarke Woodger, who reportedly fired an employee for blogging about them, or people for whom English is a second language. It is plausible to think many in the latter group might not know what "homophones" are, but to…