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 celebrations your employees might be observing this month.

CONTEST: Just to make sure you’re paying attention, I included one made-up item. The rest are very real. The first person to post a comment below identifying the bogus celebration will win a valuable prize.

Month-long Celebrations

• Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
• Play the Recorder Month
• National On-hold Month
• International Mirth Month

 Weekly Celebrations

• National Return Borrowed Books Week (1-7)
• World Rattlesnake Round-up Week (7-13)
• Celebrate Your Name Week (7-13)
• National Procrastination Week (3-9)
• Root Canal Awareness Week (28-4/3)

Daily Observances

Unfortunately, we already missed Beer Day and National Pig Day, both of which were yesterday. Be sure not to miss:

• National “What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs?” Day (3)
• National Grammar Day (4)
• Nametag Day (5)
• Barbie Day (9)
• Panic Day (9)
• Get Over It Day (9)
• International Day of Awesomeness (10)
• Middle Name Pride Day (12)
• National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day (13)
• Celebrate Pi (3.141592, etc.) Day (14)
• Daylight Savings Day (14), followed immediately by Nap Day (15)
• Buzzards Day (15)
• Lips Appreciation Day (16)
• Awkward Moments Day (18)
• Snowman Burning Day (20)
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day (20)
• Corn Dog Day (20)
• International Goof-off Day (22)
• Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (26)
• Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day (27)
• National Spend Most of Your Time Making Fun of States That End in -ota Day (28)
• The Grass Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day (30)

What does this mean for employers? If your employees suddenly start napping, procrastinating, goofing off, burning snowmen, appreciating their lips, celebrating root canals, playing the recorder, rounding up rattlesnakes, correcting split infinitives, putting everyone on hold, making up new holidays, repeatedly opening umbrellas indoors and memorizing multi-digit fractional numbers, all while singing country songs like “All My Ex-es Live in Texas,” adopting homeless guinea pigs and endlessly contemplating their other pets’ lack of opposable thumbs, now you know why.

Enjoy the month!

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

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