I’ve written here a lot about the great speakers that will be at the first-ever TLNT Transform conference next month (Feb. 27-28) in sunny Austin, … Read more
What Happens When a Whistleblower Gets Fired For Whistleblowing?
By Eric B. Meyer Is it whistleblowing when your job is to report violations of the law? That is the question that a former Starbucks employee is asking the … Read more
Does The Future of Work Involve Crowdsourcing? Let’s Hope Not
I’m a big fan of the free market. I like negotiating deals, making money and buying services and deals in a voluntary, open market. You don’t … Read more
No, Despite What Others Are Doing, We’re Not Blacking Out TLNT Today
Lots of websites, from Wired to Wikipedia to The Cynical Girl, are going dark today as part of the Internet protest over proposed online anti-piracy … Read more
Is Health Care Reform Comic Worthy?
We love innovative ways to educate. Particularly around hairy concepts like health care reform. Check out these two we’ve recently discovered. New graphic … Read more
Are Employers Facing Tougher Regulatory Times This Year?
Are you concerned about the ever-increasing workplace regulatory efforts coming out of Washington? Well, don’t expect that to end anytime soon … Read more
Protecting an Employee’s Pre-Eligibility FMLA Request: What You Need to Do
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2005, a Pennsylvania federal court recognized in this opinion that an employee’s FMLA rights become sacrosanct upon … Read more
Why Don’t Non-Compete Agreements Seem to Apply to Football Coaches?
By Michael P. Elkon In the realm of examining whether non-compete provisions should be used in particular professions, this article by Clay Travis asks an … Read more
More Proof Why Workers Don’t Necessarily Need to Retire at Age 65
I read a wonderful story last week about the longest serving nurse in Michigan, Dorthe Canty, who is retiring at the ripe old age of 89! Having worked in a … Read more
7 Keys to Successful Employee Engagement: Lessons from Stryker
Gallup recently issued a brilliant case study of Stryker, a global medical devices company. Focusing on just one unit in New Jersey, the case study … Read more