Millennials in the Work Force

November 6, 2014 Legal Team
Who are the Millennials and what do they want? Most sources agree that the Millennial Generation spans the birth years from 1982 to 2004. Some break down those years further and analyze that that within the millennial generation, there is a sub generation called Generation Y, the older side of the millennials. Sometimes, these...
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You Have Been Deactivated-Uber’s Scifi Way of Terminating a Driver

November 5, 2014 Legal Team
Christopher Ortiz, from Albuquerque, drove for UberX throughout this past summer to make some extra income for his media start-up company. The beauty of Uber's much-contested independent contractor system is that Ortiz was able to take time off from driving to set up his company.Months later, Ortiz decided to pick driving for Uber up...
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Movember Is Coming—How No Shave November Impacts the Workplace

November 3, 2014 Legal Team
In 2003, two young men in Australia decided that the mustache was too rarely seen in public. In order to rectify that situation, they began a game to bring long lost “mo's” back. Soon, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) joined the game, affiliating “Movember” with men's health awareness. Pretty soon, it became...
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How (Not) to Celebrate Halloween at Work

October 31, 2014 Legal Team
Happy Halloween everyone! The ghosts and ghouls are out to play but don't fear, it's also Friday! At the end of the workday, employees can frolic the spooky night away, but during the day today, it may be wise to keep your typical Halloween tendencies like a mummy…under wraps.Here are some workplace tips to...
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The Latest Development from Apple Isn’t About Technology

October 30, 2014 Legal Team
Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple, is a native of Alabama who attended Auburn University. This week, Cook returned to his home state and made a speech that called for higher tolerance and equal rights for all regardless of sexual orientation or identity. He made allusions to Martin Luther King, showing that Alabama...
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