"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere,
may be happy."
-H.L. Mencken
This post may not be the usual finger-wagging scold you may have
come to expect from an employment lawyer. I'm confident,
though, that this blog's audience of fellow practitioners and
human resource professionals will take a little solace in it. After
all, it's no fun to be a killjoy and we are thrust into that
role more often than we'd like.
Why? Because potential liability under the employment laws too
often compels us to manage to the lowest common denominator.
That frustrating fact claims its share of fun as casualties
because you never know when some yahoo is going to take the fun
well beyond harmless. Witness the latest casualty, as reported by the Washington Post:
Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement
will prohibit (well, curtail) the time-honored practice of rookie
hazing.
