Last year, I was honored that the ABA chose to include me in its Blawg 100, the list of the top 100 legal blogs. This year, the ABA has again opened its nomination process to the public. From now until September 9, the ABA is accepting nominations via the submission of amici, or friend-of-the-blawg, briefs:
We’re working on our annual list of the 100 best legal blogs, and we'd like your advice on which blawgs you think we should include. Use the form below to tell us about a blawg—not your own—that you read regularly and think other lawyers should know about…. If there is more than one blawg you want to support, feel free to send us additional amici through the form. We may include some of the best comments in our Blawg 100 coverage. But keep your remarks pithy—you have a 500-character limit.
(Mom, Dad, and Wife, please don’t nominate me; it’s against the rules)
The ABA’s blawg directory lists thousands of legal blogs. If there are several that you enjoy reading on a regular basis, please take a few minutes to fill out an amici form and submit it to the ABA for consideration. My fellow blawgers and I appreciate it.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Employer “Look” Policies and Religious Discrimination – from iSight Blog (featuring me)
- “Beanie Meanie” Lawsuit Dresses Down Religious Garb At Work – from Workplace Diva
- Religion in the Workplace: Avoiding Religious Discrimination Claims – from Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Why Ban the Box Might Be Key to Allaying Discrimination Concerns – from Nick Fishman’s employeescreenIQ Blog
- Fact or Fiction: Retaliation requires job-related action (e.g., firing) – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- 3rd Circuit: Performance Improvement Plan Not an Adverse Action – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
- The Cat’s Paw Just Got a Little Smaller: New York Federal Court Limits Cat’s Paw Liability After Staub – from Employment Matters Blog
- Counter Lawsuits are not a Good Idea – from Tom Crane’s San Antonio Employment Law Blog
- Illegal drugs and the ADA: What does “current user” mean? – from HR Cafe
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- 50 Social Media Stats To Blow Your Mind – from Social Media Today
- To Tweet or Not To Tweet: Are Companies Allowing Employees to Use Social Media in the Workplace? – from Mindflash
- Twitter, Facebook And LinkedIn: Age, Ethnicity And Gender Of The Major Social Networks – from All Twitter
- Privacy is a Luxury You Don’t Have – from Harvard Business Review
- The Effect of Social Media on the Law – from Lawyerist
- A Majority of Those About to Enter the Workforce Would Rather Lose Their _____ Than Their Facebook – from Manpower Employment Blawg
- How Your Social Media History Could Hurt Your Job Hunt – from MonsterThinking
- The Rise of the Mobile Workforce – from Mashable
- The Secret Spy Living in Your iPhone – from The Fiscal Times
HR & Employee Relations
- 5 egregious errors that endanger employment investigations – from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- The Three Most Powerful Words in an Employment Investigation: “Tell Me About…” – from Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog
- Keeping up with the Law is Imperative to HR – from Kara Mignanelli at Social Axcess
- Want To Keep (And Motivate) Your Best Employees? It’s Not About The Money – from Fastcompany
- Discovery Requests Can Play Important Role In Determining Reasonableness of Non-Compete – from Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements
- Signs You’re About To Be Laid Off – from Consumerist
- How to Lay Off Staff? Don’t Listen to HR – from BNET
Wage & Hour
- The Myth of “Unauthorized” Overtime – from Wage & Hour Insights
- Overstaying Rest Breaks: Paid Time, Or Not? – from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Do We Have to Pay Employees for Checking Email Outside of Work? – from Wage & Hour Insights
- Life After Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Is the FMLA the New Breeding Ground for Class Actions? – from FMLA Insights
- Does “phone care” qualify for FMLA leave? – from Case In Point
Labor Relations
- NLRB and Facebook Firings: Employer’s Worst-Case Scenario – from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Echoes Many Of Our Sentiments – from Michael Schmidt’s Social Media Employment Law Blog
- Facebook Firings - Report Finds Dramatic Increase in NLRB Charge Filings Based on Facebook Retaliation Firings – from Chris McKinney’s Texas Employment Law Blog
- Social Media: NLRB Eyeing Employer Policies – from SmartHR
- The recent NLRB advice memoranda: much ado about what?? – from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
- Chamber Survey Finds Social Media Policies, Firings Becoming NLRB Issues – from TLNT
- NLRB: No backpay remedy for undocumented immigrant workers – from LawMemo Employment Law Blog
Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Labor & Employment group of Kohrman Jackson & Krantz. For more information, contact Jon at (216) 736-7226 or jth@kjk.com.