I learned something new yesterday. I learned, from my kindergartener, that the first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days. I am thankful that I am able to learn something new every day—whether from my kids, or from the bloggers and tweeters I follow and whose thoughts I share with you at the end of each week.
The Thanksgiving holiday (and a much needed couple of days off) moves my weekly summary up a couple of days to Wednesday. Even though the week has been short, its been busy. Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Issue: Doctors, Diapers, and … Discrimination? – from Employment Law Matters
- Pregnancy Discrimination Case Against Chicago Law Firm Allowed to Proceed to a Jury – from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- Is Your Adverse Impact Analysis Arbitrary? – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer Blog
- Federal Express’ Six-Month Limitation on Statutes of Limitations in Employment Disputes Approved – from Fitzpatrick on Employment Law
- A Big Problem: Obesity Discrimination In The Workplace – from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- Numbers Show That Sexual Harassment Claims on the Decline – from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Can an Evangelical Christian Ask For a Religious Accommodation? (re: Sharing His Faith) – from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Public Criticism of Discrimination Claim as Retaliation – from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- The 2011 EEOC Performance and Accountability Report – from Employment & the Law
- Managing Your Social Media Mullet—Part 1 – from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs
- Social Media Training is Important – and More Companies Need To Do It – from Lindsay Walker at i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- What To Do When An Employee Violates Your Social Media Policy – from MonsterThinking
- Can you access an ex-employee’s Facebook posts if she sues? – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Employers Can Discover Employee Facebook Posts, But… – from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- The Worst Way To Lose A Job – from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
- The Outshiners… – from William Tincup at Fistful of Talent
- Great sex and social media, it’s all about the response – from Mike VanDervort’s The Human Race Horses
- Out on the Town, Always Online – from John Leland at The New York Times
- No 1st Amendment Protection for Teacher’s Facebook Posts – from Delaware Employment Law Blog
- The Cost of Litigating Competition Cases – from Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements
- If you can, give your employees a rest for Thanksgiving – from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- When the CEO refuses to stop dishonesty – from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Cheating in the Work Place – from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
- It’s the holiday season: time to check your solicitation policy – from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
- 9 Tips For Planning the Company Holiday Party – from Russell Cawyer’s Texas Employment Law Update
- When Employee Misconduct Becomes Criminal - Understanding The Fifth Amendment in Parallel Proceedings – from Michigan Employment Law Advisor by Jason Shinn
- Lessons from Penn State – from Beth Mirza at SHRM
Wage & Hour
- Paying Employees During Bad Weather Closings – from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Does An Exempt Employee Who Calls In Sick The Day Before Thanksgiving Get Holiday Pay? – from Wage & Hour Insights
- FLSA Computer Exemption To Get Revised: A Good Thing For Employers – from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- Employer deemed to have interfered with Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefits – from Employment Law Bits
- NLRB bias is a menace to business – from Rep. Trey Gowdy in The Post and Courier
- NLRB Member Hayes: Board Plans to Ignore its Rules to Push Through “Quickie Elections” – from Seth Borden’s Labor Relations Today
- NLRB Trying to Ram Through Pro-Union Ambush Election Rules – from The ChamberPost
- Breaking: NLRB Member Hayes Details Outrageous Pearce Strong-Arming on Quickie Election Rules – from Labor Relations Institute
- NLRB To Vote On Finalizing Some Election Rules – from Workplace Prof Blog
- NLRB sets vote on portions of proposed election rule – from LawMemo Employment Law Blog
- Whining, Sniveling Employee or Protected Concerted Activity? – from Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog