I hope your "labor" today consists of this:

And not this:

Have a great day!

Image Credits: Cookout photo from flickr, Creative Commons license, Virginia State Parks. Photo of part of Diego Rivera "Detroit Industry" mural at Detroit Institute of Arts by me.

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Last spring, I was in the Detroit area for a deposition. I'm originally from that area, so I stayed over the weekend to visit family, and we made a trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts. In honor of Labor Day, here are some photos I took of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals. If you've never seen these in person, you really should - the scale and detail is much more than I can capture.

The ...

We're already into the seventh day of Chanaukkah, and Christmas is only eight short shopping days away ("I've gotta get that football helmet!"), so it must be time for a post on how employers should handle the holidays in the workplace.

Suzanne Lucas of The Evil HR Lady has a depressing-but-funny post about the lamest employee Christmas gifts ever.

And, only slightly off-topic, you may ...

Poor Herman Cain.

Or, poor young women who used to work for him.

Right now, I'm not sure which because the allegations are murky and anonymous. OK, I do have an opinion, but I'm going to keep it to myself until we get more specifics.

This is not going to be a political post. It's about sexual harassment in the workplace and what employers can learn from Cain's problems, which he brought on ...