The big story this week is the Senate's successful blockage of NLRB nominee Craig Becker. Becker was potentially dangerous for businesses because of his fringe views on labor unions, and the risk that he would try to circumvent Congress by implementing the Employee Free Choice Act administratively.
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Nominee Craig Becker's Appointment to the NLRB is Blocked in Senate from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
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Outlook Not So Good Becker Recess Appointment from Jeffrey Hirsch at the Workplace Prof Blog
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Out in the Cold? Becker not confirmed, Labor not affirmed from LaborPains.org
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Article Paints Grim Picture for Labor Agenda from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
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Senate Blocks Nomination of Craig Becker to NLRB from Washington Labor & Employment Wire
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52- 33; Becker Loses from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer
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Meyerson in WaPo: EFCA is Dead from EFCA Report
“Undercover Boss”
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“Undercover Boss” has lessons for upper management from Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog
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‘Undercover Boss’: A Fairy Tale That Ignores Grim Reality from Workplace Fairness
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Undercover Boss: You Wish That's All It Took to Change Your Business... from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
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What Kind of Boss Are You? from Minnesota Labor & Employment Law
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Why employment lawyers screamed more than those Denny’s chickens from Jay Shepherd’s Gruntled Employees
Wage and Hour
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Is It Working Time Or Not? Employer Compulsion Is The Key Element from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
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Staples, Inc. Settles Assistant Store Managers' Overtime Claims for $42 Million from WorkplaceHorizons
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President Obama Backs Department of Labor Misclassification Fight from Florida Employment Law Blog
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Don't Forget: States Have Penalties for Overtime Violations Too from Overtime Advisor
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Sales rep falls within FLSA’s “administrative” exemption because of independent strategic planning responsibilities from Employment Law Matters
Social Media
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Employment Law Blog Maven in 5 Easy Steps from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
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Social Media & HR Primer: 3 Key Tools from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law
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A Tale of Two Reference Check Responses — Liability for One, But Not the Other from George's Employment Blawg
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Social Media: Your Best Offense or Your Best Defense? from HR Daily Advisor
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Employment Background Checks on Facebook from employeescreenIQ Blog by Nick Fishman
ADA
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$6.2 Million Settlement in EEOC Complaint Against Sears, Roebuck & Company Re: Inflexible Leave Exhaustion Policy Violates ADA from The Labor and Employment Law Blog
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The ADA Trumps Absence Policies at Sears from by Mary Keating’s Maryland Employment Law Developments
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An Important Step in the ADAA: The Interactive Process from Michael Haberman’s HR Observations
Statistics
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Including Statistical Analysis Into Your Employment Litigation Risk Management Plan from Stephanie Thomas
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Survey Statistics: Are You a Mean or a Median Aficionado? from Ann Bares’s Compensation Force
Miscellaneous
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(It's) Snow Joke: Weather Plays Games with Employers -- A Recap from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law
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It's not that hard to say you’re sorry from Michael Maslanka’s Work Matters
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Workplace Investigations from Debra Reilly’s Workplace Investigations Blog
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Another Valentine’s Day, Another Rant on Why Workforce Romance Is a Bad Idea from The Business of Management
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Conan Versus NBC Fiasco Illustrates Contract Law at Work in “Real Life” from Teri Rasmussen’s Ohio Practical Business Law
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