Volunteer + Pot + Feeding Grizzly Bears = No good
by mward846 Posted on July 20, 2010 in Uncategorized
Ok, so today I was in a seminar all day and was introduced to an interesting HR website that I didn’t know existed. There seems to be some pretty interesting articles on the site… especially one article in particular. Some parts you would think would be common sense but there are some aspects to it that make you think. For example, a co-worker that is in the company parking lot, after hours, and that is not supposed to be there, gets his/her foot run over by a car. Does this fall under Workers’ Comp, FMLA, or ADA? Kind of crazy to think that it could be all 3.
July 20th, 2010 7:25 pm
That is pretty funny. I heard something similar that if a burgular were to break into your house and accidentally cut himself on a kitchen knife that he could actually sue you! Perhaps its just a old wive’s tale or perhaps not…
July 20th, 2010 8:52 pm
How could I not read this with a title like that… but unbelievably I have hear this story. I don’t remember where, but I had heard it.
The story is outrageous, but when you evaluate each part of the court’s decision you can understand it, at least I can. Just think of all the payroll taxes that were avoided by paying the “volunteers” cash.
Having said that, will anyone truely ever know if the “volunteers” actions while high contributed to the bear turning on him, probably not. His physical injuries are hopefully enough to make him see the error of his ways.