The Blawg will officially be on vacation this week for some scheduled maintenance and so that I can fully enjoy my final family vacation with our soon-to-be-leaving-the-nest 18-year-old twins. See you next week!

Congrats to ED CARPENTER, winner of our monthly “Spot the Bogus Employee Celebration” Contest. Ed was the first to identify Reply to All E-mails with the Phrase “Your e-mail is one of approximately 87,000 I received today – I will respond in approximately 87 years” Day as the fake holiday. Believe it or not, the rest are very real. [...]

In my humble opinion, NBC’s The Office is the world’s #1 employment law training aid. All you have to do is (1) watch it and (2) do the exact opposite of everything you see. To help enhance your viewing experience, each week I provide a critique of the action from an employment lawyer’s perspective. Last [...]

A huge THANKS to the 2,167 of you who attended yesterday’s webinar. Hope you enjoyed it! If you were unable to attend, click here to view the replay. Enjoy!

Congrats to SHERRY, winner of our official “Smartest Person in the Audience” Contest following yesterday’s webinar. In recognition of Sherry’s efforts, she will receive a $100 gift certificate good for any of the fine merchants on giftcertificates.com. The correct answers to the were B, B, B, C and D. Thanks to all who participated!

You are hereby notified that you have a mandatory training session this evening. At 9/8c, you are required to tune in to your local NBC affiliate and watch the episode of The Office. Failure to do so could result in disciplinary action. In my humble opinion, The Office is the world’s greatest employment law training aid. All you have to do [...]