Homeless man humiliated by Dunkin' Donuts workers | Supreme Court considers age-discrimination case | Delta subcontractor denies firing Muslim workers for praying
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Dunkin' Donuts has fired a worker who poured water on a homeless man charging his phone and a worker who filmed the incident, after video of the employees laughing at the man went viral. A GoFundMe page has raised more than $18,000 for Jeremy Dufresne, who has schizophrenia, while franchise operator The Wolak Group has condemned the incident as disturbing and a violation of corporate values. Fortune (10/2),The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (10/2)
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Supreme Court considers age-discrimination case The Supreme Court is reviewing a case involving the Mount Lemmon Fire District in Arizona regarding employee protections under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The point of contention lies in determining which kinds of employers Congress intended to cover with the act. Courthouse News Service (10/1)
3-month cap on short-term health insurance eliminated Rules from the IRS, the Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services that remove a three-month cap on short-term health insurance policies have taken effect. Insurers can sell policies with a duration of 364 days in states that allow them. ThinkAdvisor (free registration) (10/2)
Students at an Indiana high school will have access to new business attire for job interviews, mentorships and other professional settings through its Slicer Success Closet program. The school received a $2,500 grant to buy new clothes for students, and high-school welding students created mobile racks to store the clothing. The News Dispatch, (Michigan City, Ind.) (9/30)
The HR Leader
How to set rules for smartphone use at work It makes sense to use smartphones during work hours for certain tasks, but it can be difficult for managers to know whether employees use devices for professional or personal reasons. Here is a look at how to address the issue and to set boundaries. U.S. News & World Report (10/2)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet and philosopher
