One of the best ways to avoid needless employment law disputes is to stay in touch with what your employees are thinking, feeling and doing. As part of our never-ending quest to keep you up-to-speed on the latest developments affecting your workplace, the following is our guide to some of the lesser-known celebrations your employees might be observing this month.

CONTEST: Just to make sure you’re paying attention, I included one made-up item. The rest are very real. The first person to post a comment or send me an email at blawg@manpower.com identifying the bogus celebration will win a valuable prize.

Month-long Celebrations

• International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
• Air Conditioner Appreciation Days
• National Doghouse Repairs Month
• National Grilling Month

Weekly Celebrations

• Be Nice to New Jersey Week (5-11)
• Nude Recreation Week (6-12)
• International Chicken Wing Week (10-12)
• Rabbit Week (15-21)
• National Ventriloquism Week (16-19)
• Lumberjack Week (23-25)

Daily Observances

• Second Half of the Year Day (1)
• Canada Day (1)
• I Forgot Day (2)
• Compliment Your Mirror Day (3)
• Stay Out of the Sun Day (3)
• Independence from Meat Day (4)
• Chocolate Day (7)
• Don’t Step on a Bee Day (10)
• Embrace Your Geekiness Day (13)
• Gruntled Workers Day (13)
• International Town Criers Day (14)
• Gummi Worm Day (15)
• National Hot Dog Day (18)
• Toss Away the “Could Haves” and “Should Haves” Day (19)
• National Ice Cream Day (19)
• National Lollipop Day (20)
• Rat-catchers Day (22)
• Gorgeous Grandma Day (23)
• Cow Appreciation Day (25)
• National Cowboy Day (25)
• Take Your Plants for a Walk Day (27)
• Walk on Stilts Day (27)
• The Recession is Officially Over Start Buying Expensive Stuff Day (30)

What this means for employers.  If your employees suddenly start coming to work naked, saying nice things about New Jersey, acting unusually “gruntled,” bringing bunnies, cows and lumberjacks to the office, taking their plants for a walk, yelling “the British are coming,” embracing their geekiness, grilling hot dogs and chicken wings in their cubes, hugging the company’s air conditioner units, dying their hair blonde while singing “The Tide is High” and/or guzzling ice cream, chocolate, gummi worms and lollipops while walking on stilts and chasing rats, now you know why.

Enjoy the month!

(Sources:  holidaysmart.com, emotionscards.com, brownielocks.com)

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