Archive for April, 2006

More Damages in Spanking Case!

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

On Friday, the jury in the “spanking” case we discussed here and here awarded $1.2 million in punitive damages.

This is on top of $10,000 for economic loss, $40,000 for future medical costs and $450,000 for emotional distress, pain and suffering, says the LA Times.

George Lenard on Employment Law, Harassment |

Get Spanked by your Employer, Win 1/2 million dollars!

Friday, April 28th, 2006

In a follow-up to our recent story about a company that included spanking of employees in its “motivational training,” a jury just awarded a spanked woman who sued this company $500,000!

George Lenard on Employment Law, General, Humor |

Signs You Have a Cheap HMO

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Belong to an HMO? Even if you don’t, you are bound to find some good laughs in this posting on signs you have joined a cheap HMO.

Enjoy a few good laughs this Friday, my favorites are in bold

George Lenard on General, Humor |

Friday (Visual) Humor — a Day Early

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

I stumbled onto this one. Enjoy.

Best Brain Drain: The Girls of the Internet.

George Lenard on Humor |

How NOT To Do Employee Training: Spanking Trainees

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

An employee is suing her previous employer for discrimination, assault, battery, and infliction of emotional distress for her experiences during a highly unorthodox training session.

It seems really obvious to me that these training practices probably would cause more problems than they would solve.

Alarm One, a company based in California (!), used a “motivational training” program [...]