The Blawg will be taking the rest of the week off.  I hope you and your family have a wonderful and restful Fourth!

Enjoy!

Mark

At our last webinar, we asked the attendees to select the topic for our next session.  Their choice:  Every Employment Law in 60 Minutes or Less.

So, please join us on July 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Central Time, where we’ll tell you absolutely everything you need to know about employment law.  Best of all, it’s FREE.

To register, just click on the registration button at the upper left of the Blawg.  If you have questions you’d like us to consider answering during the webinar, please send ‘em in advance to blawg@manpower.com.

Our last webinar had more than 1,700 participants.  We’re shooting for 87 million on this one.  Hope you can join us!

A few months ago, we debuted the world’s first HR-themed interactive online novel, entitled Bob Sits In His Cube (And Other Exciting Adventures).  We gave you the first installment and asked you what should happen next.

We have now sifted through all your highly creative, intriguing and entertaining suggestions.  To see the next installment, click here or on the button at the upper left of the Blawg.

Then, help make literary history by telling us what Bob should do next.  Send your suggestions to blawg@manpower.com.

Thanks for your help!

Each week, we post a though-provoking question for your consideration.  Submit your answer, see what others think and then next we’ll give you the correct answer.

Many employment disputes arise out of claims that employees are over-stressed and over-worked.  With that in mind, here’s this week’s question:

As always, thanks for your participation!

Each month we provide a handy guide to all the holidays and celebrations your employees might be observing.  To help make sure you’re paying attention, we include a bogus one each month and award a fabulous prize to the first person who spots it.

Congratulations to Laurie Collings who identified today’s listed holiday as fake.  Sorry, but it’s not really International Answer Your Phone By Saying ”Hello, I’m Cranky And Don’t Feel Like Talking To You” And Then Hanging Up And Eating Some Cheese Day.  Our apologies to anyone who already answered the phone that way today.

For her efforts, Laura will receive a Starbucks gift card and an exclusive Manpower coffee mug.

As always, thanks to all who participated.  And please keep in mind that June is National Accordion Awareness Month, as well as Highway Lane Change Courtesy Month.  Click here to see the complete guide.

Enjoy!

Each week, we post a though-provoking question for your consideration.  Submit your answer, see what others think and then next we’ll give you the correct answer.

Here’s this week’s question:

As always, thanks for your participation!

At last week’s webinar, we let the audience select the topic of our July 30 webinar.  The winner:  Every Employment Law in 60 Minutes or Less.

To help make sure we spend our time together wisely, we thought we’d ask this question:

As always, thanks for your participation!

Each week, we post a thought-provoking question for your consideration. Submit your answer, see what others think and then next week we’ll give you the correct answer.

Here’s this week’s question:

As technology becomes more and more inextricably intertwined with our daily working lives, whole new lines of employment lawsuits are being generated.  To help deal with this phenomenon, we have devoted several of our recent Questions of the Week to technology-related issues.  

Here’s this week’s question:

Today, the Blawg’s ‘08 Tour stops in lovely Jackson, Michigan, where I’ll be presenting to 100+ business owners and HR professionals on the latest employment law developments.  If they’re nice, I may even lead them in the Employment Law Sing-a-Long Song.

If you’d like the Blawg Tour to consider swinging by your town, please email us at blawg@manpower.com.  We’ll do everything we can to accommodate your request.  Generally, we like to shoot for audiences of 100 or more but will make exceptions if you are (a) located in a warm climate, (b) near a golf course and (c) the date is in Winter (which in Wisconsin lasts approximately 11 months).