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Your Guide to September Employee Celebrations

Your Guide to September Employee Celebrations
Source: Manpower Employment Blawg; www.manpowerblogs.com/toth
Reproduced with permission. Copyright © 2008, Mark Toth For information concerning free FSS and other electronic feeds, go to www.manpowerblogs.com/toth]

One of the best ways to avoid needless employment law disputes is to stay in touch with what your employees are thinking, feeling and doing. As part of our never-ending quest to keep you up-to-speed on the latest developments affecting your workplace, the following is our guide to some of the lesser-known holidays/celebrations your employees might be observing this month.
Just to make sure you?re paying attention, I included one made-up day on our list. The rest are very real. The first person to send an email to blawg@manpower.com identifying the bogus day will win a valuable prize.

Month-long Observances

Subliminal Communications Month

Mold Awareness Month

Metaphysical Awareness Month

National Mushroom Month

Daily/Weekly Observances

Chicken Boy Day (1)

Be Late for Something Day (5)

Fight Procrastination Day (6)

Line Dance Week (8-13)

National Boss/Employee Exchange Day (8)

Video Games Day (12)

Blame Someone Else Day (13)

Bald is Beautiful Day (13)

Stay Away from Seattle Day (16)

Thank You Day (18)

Talk Like a Pirate Day (19)

Big Whopper Liar Day (20)

International Leave Work at 10:37 a.m. Day (21)

Elephant Appreciation Day (22)

Punctuation Day (24)

National One Hit Wonder Day (25)

Love Note Day (26)

Shamu the Whale Day (26)

National Hunting and Fishing Day (27)

Hug a Vegetarian Day (28)

National Good Neighbor Day (28)

What this means for employers. If your employees suddenly start line dancing, communicating subliminally, arriving late, blaming others, talking like pirates, shaving their heads, avoiding Seattle, exchanging bosses, appreciating elephants, sending love notes, hugging vegetarians, correcting your punctuation, hunting for big game in the company cafeteria and/or incessantly singing Disco Duck, Funktyown, Kung Fu Fighting, The Macarena or any other one-hit wonders, now you know why.

Enjoy the month!

(Sources: holidaysmart.com, emotionscards.com, brownielocks.com)

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).