Lessons from Terminations Gone Wacky

Happy Friday! You know what that means – the week’s best HR, leadership and policy management articles are here! Enjoy, have a great weekend, and for our American readers: Happy Independence Day. For those of you in the UK, sorry to throw that in your face. We still love you.

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Article of the Week: We chose this week’s highlight (look for the ✦ below) because it’s a fun read and Friday is a great day for fun reads. Plus, there are also some great lessons to be learned!

Show Employees You Care

• Motivating Employees Is Not About Carrots or Sticks
• How Your CEO Should Lead When Something Isn’t Going Well

Protect Your Company

• That Moment When HR Discovers Their $2.7mm Typo
• ✦ 5 Wacky Termination Cases and Their Lessons ✦
• You’re Doing a Great Job… and You’re Fired

State Specific Protection

• Arizona, Arkansas, California, DC, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, and more… July Is the New January: Beware of Employment Regulations About to Take Effect

Become a Better You

• Think You’re Not Good Enough? How to Stop Holding Yourself Back
• Recovering From a Toxic Job (Or Discovering if Your Current Job is Toxic)
• You Can Now Search Jobs On Google (+ Tips to Find Candidates Doing That)