Three stories caught my eye this week: Lawsuit of the Day: Pass the Wooden Dildo, Please (via Abovethelaw.com), Gay Skydiving Instructor Sues Over Firing (via Legal Blog Watch), and “Chocolate Delicious” and Man-on-Man Harassment (via Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space). If those headlines don’t garner clicks, none will.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
SCOTUS
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Supreme Court Watch: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 – from Maribeth Minella at the Delaware Employment Law Blog
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SCOTUS: Is an oral complaint protected conduct under FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision? – from LawMemo Employment Law Blog
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Argument preview: The Fair Labor Standards Act and oral complaints – from SCOTUSblog
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Supreme Court to Hear Three Employment Cases This Term – from Patrick Smith’s Iowa Employment Law Blog
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Donning and Doffing Case – from Wage & Hour Counsel
Family Responsibility
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Being a great dad – it’s all in the definition – from Rob Schwartz’s Fairness Matters
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Employee Entitled to Maintain Lawsuit for Interference with FMLA Rights Even though Employer Granted All FMLA Leave Requested – from The FMLA Blog
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How Employers Can Minimize the Risk of Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD): Developing a Prevention Plan – from George Lenard’s George’s Employment Blawg
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Family Friendly Workplace? When the Sh!t Hits The Fan – from Tanya Barham at Fistful of Talent
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FMLA FAQ - Can an employee fill out his own medical certification? – from FMLA Insights
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Deathbed Emails - Is There a “Sick Day” Double Standard? – from Wayne Turmel at bnet
Discrimination
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The “Commonsense” Bill and Its Nonsensical Implications – from Stephanie Thomas’s Compensation Cafe
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Steps an employer should take to reduce the possibility of sexual harassment occurring in their workplace – from Employment Law Bits
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Drunk — and Disabled? – from The Word on Employment Law with John Phillips
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EEOC to Hold Meeting on the Use of Credit History as Employment Screening Device from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
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Obesity - Physical characteristic or physical impairment – from GT LE Blog
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$2 Million Jury Verdict Against a Wisconsin School District For Violating the ADAAA – from Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
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Record ADA claims should wake up employers – from Jane Lewis Volk at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Litigation
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Sleight of hand and litigation statistics – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
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2010 Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey Shows Increase In Employment Litigation – from Laconic Law Blog
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“The onslaught of wage and hour litigation continues unabated” – how will you protect yourself? – from CPEhr’s Small Biz HR Blog
Trade Secrets & Non-Competes
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Coaches & Non-Competes – from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
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Blog post violated nonsolicitation clause in Amway agreement – from Evan Brown’s Internet Cases
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Garden Leave as Consideration for a Non-Compete? – from Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
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Bank of America Sues Ex-Programmer for Trade Secret Theft – from Trade Secrets Blog
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To Poach or Not to Poach: Now a Federal Question? – from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
HR
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How Not to RIF – from Workplace Prof Blog
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20 Common HR Metrics & Their Formulas – from Where Great Workplaces Start
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Interviewing the hostile witness – from Stephen Meyer’s HR Cafe
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Low-Tech Monitoring of Employees Can Result In Employer Liability from Employer Law Report
Miscellaneous
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Social Media Now More Popular E-Mail on Mobile Devices vmashable.com
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NLRB ABCs – from Manpower Employment Blawg
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Employers should confirm their I-9 verification policies and systems are working properly – from Ryan Rivchun’s Business, Employment and Real Estate Law in Ohio
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