The news has been pretty somber this week, with the sexual abuse of children dominating the headlines. So, I thought we needed a light-hearted theme for this week’s WIRTW.
On this day in 1928, Walt Disney released the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie:
Steamboat Willie’s success launched an empire that has touched every aspect of pop culture in the last 83 years. Thanks Walt.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- 5 signs that you’ll lose your sexual harassment case – from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Bad Christmas Card Idea – from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Speech criticizing lawsuit = “retaliation” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- EEOC to consider disparate impact and reasonable factors other than age at meeting – from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
- Settling a Discrimination or Harassment Lawsuit – from Delaware Employment Law Blog
- When Is a Test a Medical Examination? – from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- 6 things you must know about social media & your workforce – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Just The Facts About Workplace Social Media – from Blogging4jobs
- HIPAA Dangers Lurk on Facebook; Ongoing Policy Revisions Are Advised – from Health Business Daily
- Recommendations for Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence – from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- The Thorny Combination of Old Laws and New Tech – from The Atlantic
- Social Media for Small Biz: Your HR Survival Guide Source – from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Social Media: Don’t Get Off Track With the Law in Monitoring Employees – from SmartHR
HR & Employee Relations
- Honoring Veterans Day: USERRA and Employment Law Resources – from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Here is The Reason You Want to Be in Compliance! – from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Penn State Disgrace: If Only… – from Nick Fishman’s employeescreenIQ Blog
Wage & Hour / Benefits
- Calculating FMLA Leave for Holidays, Breaks and Plant Shut Downs – from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Circuits Split as to Whether Public Officials Can be Sued Individually Under the FMLA – from Fitzpatrick on Employment Law
- You’ve been WARN-ed – from HR idiot
- 73% of Wage/Hour Investigations Result in Findings – from HR Daily Advisor
- Supreme Court To Decide Constitutionality of Obamacare from Above the Law
Labor Relations
- Apple Prepares to Crush Apple Store Unions – from Gawker
- NLRB Acting General Counsel Warns Companies about Social Media and Handbook Rules – from EFCA & Labor Law Reform Blog
- Senate Bill 5 Repeal—What is Next? – from Employer Law Report
- NBA Talks Collapse; Union Disbands – from Workplace Prof Blog
- Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Introduces Bill to Reverse NLRB's “Micro-Union” Decision – from Seth Borden’s Labor Relations Today