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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Silicon Valley Stands Up Against Prop 8
Mike Arrington from TechCrunch gave us all a sneak preview of the full page ad that is going to run tomorrow in the San Jose Mercury News. In the interest of defeating this discriminatory excuse of a Proposition, I’m going … Continue reading
Good Advice
Thank you to John Battelle for finding this here.
RIP Brinker
Well, it looks like Brinker is dead. Or at least in a deep seated coma. From Shaw Valenza: Well DLSE just issued a NEW memo in which it rescinds its Brinker memorandum, here. In its new “rescission” memo, the DLSE … Continue reading
Close Close Close: Mervyns and Vacation Pay
So Mervyns California is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close its stores after the 2008 holiday season. In shutting down its operations, it seems that employee pay is very low on Mervyns’ list of debtors. Per this memo … Continue reading
He Resigned
Best of luck to you Shane! UPDATE: Shane explains here what will happen to the cartoon now that he’s given notice
What Exactly Are We Selling Here?
I wonder how many Haggar suits they sold with this incredibly ill-conceived 2006 ad campaign? TACKY, TACKY, TACKY. Offensive too.
Catching Up (Again)
I realize that my recent life circumstances have put me way behind on recent CA HR news. Here we go: Remember that Living Wage Case I wrote about here and here? Well, as it turns out, about a month ago, … Continue reading
NO on Proposition 8
Normally I don’t proselytize political issues, but some things I just cannot ignore. Personally, I abhore this Proposition but I am also offended as an HR professional since being in HR requires that we treat all employees equally and fairly … Continue reading
2000 Redux
First off, I apologize for the week of silence. I was on vacation and then just this week, I started a new position as the HR Director with a really fantastic company. I’ve been getting into my new routine and … Continue reading
How Not To Communicate
Recently a company decided that it was going to require that employees take an unpaid furlough in order to help defray costs in these very turbulent times. Certainly not unusual – many companies do this, particularly at the end of … Continue reading
