Following in the footsteps of Steven D. Levitt, economist and eccentric author of Freakonomics, Daniel Hamermesh has reduced the effect of being “ugly” to its monetary cost: $230,000.00. That is supposedly the lifetime earning reduction an ugly person suffers. In the New York Times on Sunday, he hypothesizes that ugly people should
August 2011
Employment Law 101: A Guide to Privacy in the Workplace
By Michael Kelsheimer on
Posted in Handbook Articles
Who, What, Why . . .
Who does it apply to: Any employer who monitors employee emails, issues employees a cell phone, or might ever want to search an employee’s workspace. Even if you don’t think you are the snooping type, there may come a day where you think an employee is stealing, on drugs, …
No A**hole Policy
By Michael Kelsheimer on
Posted in In the News
Believe it or not, my clients don’t always come to me for advice on how to get out of a crack of some kind. Occasionally, they just need a sounding board. Jessica Stillman’s recent post Are Your Bad Co-Workers Killing You? reminded me of a client lunch I had several weeks ago. The post talks…