It's December, which means that those of us holiday fanatics
can decorate and watch Christmas movies to our hearts' content
without shame. Of course, I won't tell anyone if you
already had your tree up in November (like me) or if you never took
it down from last year. One of my favorite Christmas movies
is Elf, starring Will Ferrell. It is surprisingly
packed with various employment law issues, such as employee substance abuse at work, sexual harassment, and workplace violence. In one of the more
memorable scenes, Peter Dinklage's character, Miles
Finch, demonstrates how good intentions can
still lead to a harassment complaint.
As background, Will Ferrell's character, Buddy, has been
raised as one of Santa's elves and only recently learned that
he is actually human. He has tracked down his biological father,
who works for a children's book publisher in New York City.
Unaccustomed to the human world and innocent to its realities,
Buddy has difficulty adjusting to
