While the tragedy in Haiti has pushed Jay and Conan off the front page, NBC’s late night debacle continues to be one of the week’s biggest stories. My fellow bloggers share their thoughts on the myriad employment law issues this story raises:
- Can Conan Compete in Pennsylvania? – via Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space.
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Why FOX can hire Conan as soon as he leaves NBC and How Conan O'Brien powned NBC – from Jay Shepherd’s Gruntled Employees.
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What Can Employers Learn From Conan O’Brien and NBC? – by William Bowser at Delaware Employment Law.
Other issues covered this week:
Race Discrimination
- Harry Reid Teaches Unintentional Lesson About Racial Language? – from The Word on Employment Law with John Phillips.
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Is Reid racist? (And what we can learn from the recent media frenzy) – from Sindy Warren at the recently redesigned Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog.
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U of Iowa Study Shows Race Not an Important Factor in Hiring NFL Head Coaches – via Patrick Smith’s Iowa Employment Law.
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Forcing Managers to Interview Minority Candidates - Necessary or Pure Bureaucracy? – by Kris Dunn, The HR Capitalist.
Wage & Hour
- Paid Time Off – A Costly Mistake? How Does Your Company Stack Up? – at BLR’s HR Daily Advisor.
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How much influence must someone have in the firing process to qualify as exempt from overtime under the executive exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act rules? – at the Overtime Advisor.
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EBSA Releases Updated Model COBRA Subsidy Notices – from the Washington DC Employment Law Update.
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Top 10 Wage-and-Hour Settlements Tally 44% More in 2009 – from the ABA Journal.
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Two Steps to Insure You Are Paying Your Employees Correctly – by Marylee Abrams at Minnesota Labor & Employment Law.
Harassment
- What's the Difference Between a Sexual Harassment Investigation and a Sexual Discrimination Investigation? – at Debra Reilly’s Workplace Investigations.
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Eye Witness Testimony is Often Inaccurate – at Tom Crane’s San Antonio Employment Law.
Finally, two follow-ups to earlier posts of mine.
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LaborPains.org reports that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is predicting that the Employee Free Choice Act will pass by March. His statement is the exact opposite of my prediction on this same issue.
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The Evil HR Lady asks whether it is legal not to hire someone because she is the sister of a former employee that did not leave on good terms. Associational retaliation – that is, taking an action against someone because a close relation engaged in protected activity – is not illegal in the 6th Circuit. The Supreme Court, however, is considering reviewing this issue, so it is worth keeping an eye on it.
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