I HATE being late. It’s my number one pet peeve.It drives my family completely nuts. If I’m even one minute late for anything, I am a mess. For that reason, we are usually five minutes early for everything (which is perfectly okay by me).
I view tardiness as an issue of respect. When you are late, it tells others that you view your time as more valuable than theirs. To me, lateness equal selfishness, and I have little tolerance for the selfish.
Occasionally, however, some situations are out of your control. For my local Northeast Ohio readers, I commute 480 every day from my home in Berea to my office on Chagrin Blvd. in Woodmere. For my non-local readers, picture the worst highway for traffic in your city; that’s 480. One accident or broken-down car will set your commute back by an easy half-hour.
In light of all of this, consider the following, from wkyc.com:
Traffic jam derails local woman’s attempt to become registered nurse
Serena Hernandez … enrolled in Bryant and Stratton College to continue her goal of being an RN. …
It didn’t take much to derail those plans.
An accident on I-480 last week backed up her commute to her clinical, causing her to miss it completely.
“Got the phone call that I was eliminated from that course because it was an unexcused absence,” Hernandez said.
The nursing program at Bryant and Stratton College has a clear rule, it’s written in the student handbook that unexcused absences will result in a failed grade, no matter what.Hernandez says the rule is unfair and completely unrealistic. The school says the rule is fair because it’s fully explained to, and understood by, all students, and it’s uniformly applied across the board.
What say you? Fair or unfair termination of this student? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Here’s what else I read this week:
Discrimination
- The workplace is not your frat house. No touching. Ever! and Workplace Harassment: How A Woman Sees It — via FisherBroyles
- The awful necessity of the “business case” against workplace harassment and abuse — via Minding the Workplace
- How confidentiality agreements hurt — and help — victims of sexual harassment — via Wonkblog
- Court Breaks from Department of Justice on Transgender Rights — via Employment Law Lookout
- Out and Equal: The Importance of Self Identification — via Workology
- Reasonable accommodation quiz for employers! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Lucky Employer Skates on ADA Liability: Complaints about Noisy Workplace Not Enough to Put Employer on Notice of Need for ADA Accommodation — via Matrix Radar
Technology
- Last Day On the Job and Employee Decides to Take Down the President — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Ask The Capitalist: How Do I Deal With Personal Reputation Sabotage on Glassdoor? — via Fistful of Talent
- The Impact of Social Media on Your Job Search — via HR Gazette
- Social Engineer Spills Tricks of the Trade — via Dark Reading
- Future Friday: What role does HR play in Cybersecurity? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Cyberthreats and a changing workforce are among top business risks — via HR Dive
- Microchipping employees creates lots of risk and unanswered questions — via Technology for HR
- Is Facebook’s Workplace the future of business communication? — via Ragan.com
HR & Employee Relations
- Preserving Company Culture Except When You Shouldn’t — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- 6 Times When An Employer Needs to Hire an Employment Attorney — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Your Feelings About Work-Life Balance Are Shaped by What You Saw Your Parents Do — via Harvard Business Review
- Why Flexibility Isn’t Just for the Mommy Track — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Everyone Wins with Workflex Legislation — via Next Blog
- What Does It Mean to Make Work “Human?” — via TalentCulture
- Conducting unbiased investigations: tips from the Russia probe — via HR Hero Line
Wage & Hour
- Could your business withstand a tsunami of individual wage and hour claims? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Facebook charged with misclassifying workers to avoid overtime pay — via HR Dive
- Court Rules That Shadowing Dad at Work Might Require Payment — via Who Is My Employee?
- DOL Confirms New Overtime Rule Coming — via Wage and Hour Law Update
- Plaintiffs Entitled to Irrebuttable Presumption That Their Damage Calculations Are Correct Where Defendant Spoliated Payroll Records — via Overtime Law Blog
Labor
- Union Improperly Used Strikes and Grievances to Obtain Disputed Work, Says Appeals Court — via Labor Relations
- Are Supervisors The Next Micro Unit? — via Labor Relations Institute
- Harassment in the Headlines — via CUE, Inc.
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Developments – More Good News for Employers — via Currents
- Trump Nominates FedEx VP for Safety as OSHA Administrator — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog