It's not super unusual for a small business to outsource the HR, or for a business-within-a-business (like a restaurant within a hotel) to pay the larger business a fee for HR services.

Could also be he wasn't a full time employee.

It's not necessary illegal. Like any law, the rules are complicated and don't apply either to all employers or all employees.

The requirement in the law only kicks when a business employs 50 or more employees, and only applies to employees who work more than 1,250 hours per year. Tiny businesses, like many restaurants, don't have to follow it, and even larger restaurant companies will have many employees who don't qualify.

There is a police golf cart! Homeland Security grants at work people!

You say maybe! I say probably not.

Nope, not kidding. I don't think you are quite following what I'm saying. I didn't say that sexual assault never results in any evidence; I said that this alleged assault by its nature (at least within the limit of the facts described in the letter) would not have resulted in any physical evidence that could prove it…

What part of what you said was disagreeing with me? I don't include cops as "university officials." Sworn offices with jurisdiction can make arrests, civil employee prosecutors can charge criminal counts. You... were replying to someone asking if only universities could punish campus offenders; the answer is no, your…

Let's think about it in another way, since you insist that an investigation must occur. What types of evidence would you imagine an investigation would turn up? You're the investigator, and someone brings an accusation to you - they say "John pressured me into sex, and bruised my breast during sex." Let's assume for…

It's pretty easy to turn up evidence of a theft or a lot of other kinds of crime. But saying "he pressured me into sex" is akin to complaining to the police that someone shoved you into the wall of dark alley with no witnesses. The most they can do is ask the person you accused if they admit to it. If they don't, and…

The difference isn't because people don't give a shit about sexual assault, it's because the standard of evidence in the various crimes is the same. You need evidence to charge someone with something, and you need evidence to support kicking them out of housing or school. If someone waits to report a sexual assault,…

You're mostly right, but university officials have no authority over arrest or charging decisions. They can neither order nor prevent arrests, and they can't stop criminal charges being filed. Officers from the enveloping townships retain jurisdiction (although they may choose not to exercise it), as do state police.

The cops are typically sworn officers with all the power of normal police officers, but paid by the university. They report up through the same judicial system, the prosecutors are civil employees, etc.

You don't actually "feel" dead flesh. They might nibble on the edges of infected tissue, I guess you could feel that.

The letter doesn't have to have been fabricated for it to be inaccurate in some way. Using it to illustrate sexual assault and the faults in how institutions respond to sexual assault presumes that everything happened as the letter asserts they did. But the university (and the justice system) have the responsibility…

Because the poster concludes that the facts are as the letter writer wrote them. That kind of conclusion should at least come with the caveat that the writer hasn't bothered to get any other perspectives on what happened.

Shouldn't this post include some sort of balancing statement, such as "We have not asked Harvard to comment, and have only the perspective on the facts presented in the open letter." I think the guy who assaulted his daughter should get the chair (he admitted his guilt, and also admitted abusing his son), but the…

that's actually no big deal. The maggots helped, if anything. They only eat dead flesh, and are used in hospitals to clean wounds. There is a risk of further infection, since these aren't controlled-setting maggots etc., but generally speaking its no big deal.

What minute is that? I don't really want to watch the rest...

Let's be real - they chose it for themselves and also for their children. Just like kids don't choose what they eat all the time, or where they live, or who their parents are. Their parents made those decisions. So to seek fame and publicity and maximum public attention, and then innocently disclaim all responsibility…