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The Right to Set Sane Work Rules

Employee Handbooks and Other Workplace Policies

1943 was only 70-odd years ago, which, in the grand scheme of things, is not that far off. Yet consider how far we have come in the last seven decades, not the least of which in the area of personal liberties and civil rights.

Case in point? The Walt Disney Family Museum recently released the 1943 Disney employee handbook, entitled “The Ropes at Disney.” That handbook included several gems that make the skin of a modern management-side employment lawyer crawl. For example, Disney maintained what it called the “Penthouse Club,” which is described in the handbook ...

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