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Amazon’s Pee Tweet Response–and What It Should Have Said Instead

March 26, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

Amazon defended itself against Representative Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) in a fascinating tweet exchange–one that any business owner should study as an example of what not to do. Representative Pocan tweeted Paying workers $15/hr doesn't make you a "progressive workplace" when you union-bust & make workers urinate in water bottles.

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Is an MBA a Good Investment for Companies?

March 26, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

Is it sustainable for a company to pay for people to get their MBAs? The last three people we’ve given tuition reimbursement quit within a year of finishing school. It seems like we’re paying people to move to competitors. There’s no right or wrong answer to your question.

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Webinar: Interpersonal HR Competencies

March 25, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

Sponsored Post Wednesday, March 31 at 2 pm CT Register here: Interpersonal HR Competencies 1 Hour SHRM and 1 Hour HRCI (Pending) Business Credit This presentation teaches HR professionals the interpersonal competencies needed for business acumen. Learning Objectives: Learn how relationship management contributes to effective relationships with key stakeholders

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Ikea Executives Face Possible Jail Time for Spying on Employees

March 24, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

Versailles is an amazing vacation destination, but it’s also a court destination for French Ikea officials where they face charges of spying on employees. According to The Guardian, Jean-François Paris, Ikea France’s former director of risk management, spent upwards of €600,000 a year on private investigators who spied on employees. The

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My Boss Removed 40 Percent of My Accounts. Can I Quit without Repaying Relocation?

March 22, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

I’ve been working for the same company for 6 years.  I recently relocated from Oklahoma to Minnesota and they gave me $15k for relocating.  I reviewed the location in detail with the V.P. President and HR.  I knew all of the financials and accounts base when I took the position. 

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The Story of How a Zoom Meeting Saved a Woman

March 19, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

A year into the pandemic, and we’re all tired of Zoom meetings, but one woman may owe her life to a Zoom court hearing.  State attorney assistant Deborah Davis noticed that the victim in a domestic abuse hearing acted strangely, and she asked the Judge to investigate. The police came and

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Lawsuit: Employers Not Paying for Pre-Shift Covid Screening

March 18, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

For the past year, employers have been regularly screening employees for fevers and other Covid-19 symptoms. If you’ve attended one of my Covid webinars (the next one is on March 23), you’ve heard me bring up the question of employee pay. I’ve said that while I wasn’t sure

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Paid Time Off For Covid-19 Vaccines? It’s the Law in NY and Elsewhere If You Mandate the Jab

March 17, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

New York State just passed a law–effective March 12, 2021–that requires businesses to provide four hours of paid time off (PTO) for each Covid-19 vaccination an employee receives. This means, with two shots required for Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, an employee receives eight hours of PTO, while if you

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What I’m Reading

March 15, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

Offspring #2 was deeply disappointed that Can I Bring My Pet Monkey to Work by Charles T. Passaglia was not about how he could get permission to bring his pet monkey to work, but rather about employment law. I’m working on him and will bring him to the

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Checking in on HR & ER Teams

March 12, 2021April 9, 2021 Evil HR Lady

It’s been a year since our first chance to learn what agility really means. Sure, it wasn’t the way we wanted to learn–but suddenly, new regulations, layoffs, dealing with PPP loans, and figuring out how FFCRA applied were front and center. And now? We’re writing vaccination policies. Nothing we

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All HR people are evil, it’s in our job description. Or at least, that seems to be the prevailing theory. In reality, there’s just more going on behind the scenes than most people know. I’m here to demystify your Human Resources department and tell you just why you worked your tail end off all year and still got a 1.7 percent bonus.

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