According to a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, it is protected concerted
activity if an employee posts on Facebook a derogatory comment about a company's supervisor. A
Connecticut ambulance company terminated an employee for posting a comment that read "love how
the company allows a 17 to become a supervisor". A 17 is code for psychiatric patient. This was
construed to be protected concerted activity.
IMAGINE...
The company expects to deliver 24 million packages alone on December 22, its busiest day. This is about a 60% increase over its daily delivery
volume.
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
The largest auto plant in the world operated by Hyundai in Ulsan, South Korea experienced a sit
in strike by 400 temps. The job action has caused lost production of 4300 vehicles through the first four
days. The 400 workers called "irregulars" by the Korean Herald are demanding equality with the full time
employees.
It's interesting to note that the company has filed civil and criminal suits against the striking
workers (not the staffing company) and seeks 42 billion won ($40 million or so) in damages. It the job
action drags on to long it may shut down the entire operation.
EEOC IS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!
The EEOC said it received 99922 charges of employment discrimination in its last fiscal year...the
highest level in its 45 year history. It also reported collecting $319 million in benefits for workers.
We were recently hit with one of these charges involving a temporary that alleged not being
called for a job assignment because of he was black. Having had my share of these over the years to deal
with, I decided to do something different. For the first time I tried the EEOC mediation process.
I just did not have the time or energy to deal with the avalanche of paper required to fight the charge outright. We did end up paying some money to resolve the matter after about four hours of back and forth at the EEOC office in downtown Cleveland.
I'm not sure if I would take the same approach again. It would probably depend on the circumstances. If
you're interested in my experience, should you face the same situation, give me a holler and I'll be glad to
share.
TEMP USE UP LAST QUARTER
According to the ASA staffing firms employed an average of 2.6 million temporary workers per
day in the 3rd quarter and 8.1% increase over the prior quarter. At the same time, the staffing index
remained steady in November but up 18% from last year at the same time.
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