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 have 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 made-up day will win a valuable prize.

  • Work Like a Dog Day (1)
  • Spiderman Day (1)
  • National Mustard Day (2)
  • National Clown Week (3-9)
  • National Chocolate Chip Day (4)
  • Intimate Apparel Week (4-8)
  • Psychic Sunday (5)
  • National Fresh Breath Day (6)
  • Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day (7)
  • Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night (8)
  • National Duran Duran Appreciation Day (10)
  • S’mores Day (10)
  • Weird Contest Week (10-15)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Day (12)
  • International Left-Hander’s Day (13)
  • National Underwear Day (13)
  • Herbert Hoover Day (13)
  • National Men’s Grooming Day (15)
  • National Relaxation Day (15)
  • Elvis Remembrance Day (16) 
  • Meaning of “Is” Day (17)
  • Bad Poetry Day (18)
  • Root Beer Float Day (19)
  • Sculpture Day (19)
  • Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day (22)
  • Tooth Fairy Day (22)
  • National Truck Driver Appreciation Day (24)
  • Steal a Lunch That Looks Better Than Yours Out of the Company Fridge Day (26)
  • Global Forgiveness Day (27)
  • Race Your Mouse Around the Icons While Waiting for Downloads Day (28)
  • More Herbs, Less Salt Day (29)
  • National Toasted Marshmallow Day (30)
  • Love Litigating Lawyers Day (31)

What this means for employers.  If your employees suddenly start loving lawyers, packaging preposterously, wearing intimate apparel, spouting bad poetry, debating the meaning of “is”, making psychic predictions, wearing rubber noses, holding stapler-eating contests, sculpting likenesses of their favorite truck drivers, roasting marshmallows over open fires in their cubicles and/or imitating Elvis, Duran Duran, Eleanor Roosevelt or Herbert Hoover, now you know why.

Enjoy the month!

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