Jeff Haden, writing at Inc.com, suggests that you can make an employee’s day with two words.
My suggestion: “You’re fired.”
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Expanding mental diagnoses: the legal rub – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- 10 things an employment lawyer never wants to hear – from Robin Shea’s Labor & Employment Insider
- Things Employment Lawyers Don’t Want to Hear – from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- EEOC Cries Fowl, Sues Turkey Giant Butterball for Disability Discrimination – from The Personnel Files
- Can My Employer Make Me Speak English, Even On Breaks? – from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Changes to RFOA Defense in ADEA Claims On Horizon – from Stephanie Thomas’s Proactive Employer Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Using Social Media Posts as Evidence in an Investigation – from Lindsay Walker at the i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Proceed with Caution: Using Sites and Search Engines to Screen Applicants – from Kara Mignanelli at Social Axcess
- Employee monitoring services on the rise: keystrokes, mouse movements, and screenshots – from The Verge
- Facebook Is NOT The Largest Online Social Network, Email Still Rules! Infographic – from Social Media Today
- Mark Zuckerberg’s Private Photos Exposed Thanks To Facebook Flaw – from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
- Accommodating Cyber Shopping – from HRE Online
- Judge Orders Divorce Couple to Turn Over Facebook Password to Lawyers – from Ethan Wall’s Richman Greer Blog
- Asking Who Owns Social Media? You’re Missing the Point – from Forbes
- Fitness Instructor Fired for Big Mac Tweet – from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Electronic Documents and Redaction - A Cautionary Tale – from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
HR & Employee Relations
- For Clear HR Blunders, Own Up Immediately – from Russell Cawyer’s Texas Employment Law Update
- Be Cautious Of How Far Back You Are Looking Into An Applicant's Civil Or Criminal History – from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- 10 HR Action Items for December from HR Magazine – from SHRM Blog
- Hiring Veterans... – from Fistful of Talent
Wage & Hour
- Employees who share porn and take FMLA lose retaliation claims – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Should Working Moms’ Salary Packages Include A Maid And Nanny? – from Workplace Diva
- First Circuit Rules Banquet Sales Managers Exercised Discretion and Independent Judgment, Qualify for Administrative Exemption – from Wage and Hour Law Update