This is a heavy week for policies and job descriptions. I just produced a new paid time off (PTO) policy and just completed a paid vacation days piece today. I'm working on personal days, sick days, and a job description for a marketing manager.

New Carnival of Human Resources #32

Today, the new Carnival of Human Resources #32 is online at the Rainmaker Group's Blog: Maximizing Possibility. There are many fine articles in this week's Carnival and I wanted to draw your attention to one in particular.

You may or may not know that cooking, especially with herbs and spices, is one of my favorite activities. So, it was with some interest that I learned from John Hyman who writes the Ohio Employer's Law Blog that the Food Network had fired Robert Irvine who hosted the show, Dinner: Impossible. After the St. Petersburg Times publicized that the host, who claimed to have been a chef for the British Royal family and the White House, had actually committed resume fraud, the company made the right choice.

Jon makes a good case for why you need to fire any employee who deceives you on his or her resume, if you find out, to, among other things, give yourself a stronger position in the face of a discrimination law suit. He also talks about how to legally do careful background checks. Take a look at his site.