I thought I’d try something different today by bringing you a musician I’ve recently discovered—Courtney Barnett.
She’s a guitar playing, Australian, singer-songwriter, whose songs mix crunchy, grungy guitar riffs with catchy lyrical turns of phrases about otherwise mundane topics of everyday life such as house hunting (DePreston) and organic foods (Dead Fox). Oh, and she absolutely rocks. Need proof? Here she is performing “Dead Fox” in Minneapolis / St. Paul last month.
And, here’s her full set from this year’s Bonnaroo, which I am told by those who saw it live that it stole the entire festival.
The death of rock music is great exaggerated; you just need to look a little harder for it these days.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- EEOC: Let Us Imagineer ENDA For You — via Cato Daily Podcast
- Are ride-hailing businesses Uber and Lyft ADA-compliant? Massachusetts AG has questions — via ABA Journal Daily News
- Working for you supervisor may be stressful but it is not a disability — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Why the EEOC’s rebuke of sexual-orientation bias may barely affect your workplace. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- 4th Cir. uses “hybrid” test for Title VII joint employer liability — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Donald Trump will win (a Title VII lawsuit) — via EntertainHR
- 25 Years Later: Has ADA Helped Employees with Disabilities? — via Families and Work Institute Blog
- Don’t ignore these e-mails! EEOC ramps up digital charge system — via HR Hero Line
- Oy Vey! No Religious Discrimination in Jewish Nurse’s Termination — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Employees’ “low-tech” sloppiness causes high-tech problems — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Ten Top Ways To Stop Employees From Surfing The Internet — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Using Social Media Without Jeopardizing Your Career — via Harvard Business Review
- Five Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Developments Important to Employers — via Technology Company Counselor
HR & Employee Relations
- Overworked Employees Are Tearing Your Company Apart — via Blogging4Jobs
- Americans are the most pointlessly overworked people in the world — via The Week
- Congratulations, your 9-to-5 Job Is Officially 24/7 — via Workplace Diva
- Surveys Show Millennials Seeking Out-of-Office Options — via Workforce
- Look out, Generation Z is about to enter your workplace — via The Telegraph
- If You’re Pregnant, Make Sure Your Doctor’s Note Includes These Things — via Lifehacker
- Real Men Take Paternity Leave — via Fathers, Work and Family
- Fewer Employers Asking Candidates to Divulge Criminal History — via employeescreenIQ Blog
Wage & Hour
- Apple hit with class-action lawsuit over bag searches ordered on its store employees — via TiPb
- “Joy” is Lost, Others Are “Uber” Upset — via All in a Day’s Work
- Homejoy shuts down after battling worker classification lawsuits — via The Verge
- Obergefell v. Hodges — How Much Does It Really Change for Employers?? — via The Emplawyerologist
- Determining What is Considered a Serious Medical Health Condition — via ERC Insights Blog
Labor Relations
- If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: SEIU Befriending Franchisees — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- Calm Down: SCOTUS’s “Friedrichs” Case Won't Mean the End of the American Labor Movement — via Workplace Fairness