If I tried to link to every blog post about the Super Bowl, my week would be blown. It would probably be blown even if I limited my linkage to newspaper and magazine articles. So, I’ll just post what little is on my mind about the big game.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 19th century English poet and wife of poet and playwright Robert Browning, wrote a poem that seems to incisively say that we can sometimes see beyond what appears to be before us.

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Yesterday, I posted Molly DiBianca’s advice on “5 non-negotiable provisions for your social media policy.” Now, check out Dan Schwartz for a more general post on how employers are beginning to accept these policies.

Execupundit has a practical, timely post on the value of having fresh eyes as part of your organization — even a part of every job description.

I routinely post a YouTube video that has something, usually funny, to do with work, human resources or employment law. I recently found one already posted on Cultural Offering.  Enjoy.

Eclecticity posts a cartoon that E gives a “zowie” to. Is this a scene from your office?

Ministry sings about a man who works all day in the sun. He sweats a lot. He works hard. He lives hard. “Breaks his back without nothing to gain, while the boss man sits around and drinks champagne.” The song is a bit dark, but the beat is uplifting, all the way to the very end when our worker is completely out of breath.

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We’ve seen plenty of reductions in force for quite a while. When a lawsuit results from a RIF, how important are statistics? Jon Hyman has a case-based post on this subject.

Everywhere you look, there’s an article or a post on whether employers should have social media policies and, If so, what they should say. Check out Molly DiBianca on “5 non-negotiable provisions for your social media policy.

With the one year anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (click here and here) has come talk of the possible passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182; H.R. 11). This act was passed by the House of Representatives in July 2008 but hasn’t been acted on in the Senate.

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