Employers have a mere 6 weeks, until January 31, 2012, to post the National Labor Relations Board’s new employee rights poster. It applies to all employers under the NLRB’s jurisdiction, union and non-union alike. Copies are available for download, in English and Spanish, from the NLRB’s website. For more information, I recommend Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog, where Dan posted a nice summary earlier in the week.
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Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- EEOC sues construction company for not hiring applicant with epilepsy to run heavy equipment – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Obama EEOC Wipes Out Jobs By Making Hiring More Difficult – from Washington DC Examiner
- 10 reasons for employers to be jolly about the ADA (says the EEOC) – from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- The ADA May Invalidate a High School Diploma Requirement – from Mike Haberman Omega HR Solutions
- The New EEOC: Aggressive, Litigious and High Profile – from In House
- Fact or Fiction: Courts recognize retaliation against ex-employees – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Baird v. Gotbaum – from Paul Mollica’s Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
- Plaintiff-Employee’s Case Dismissed for Giving Differing Reasons for Leaving Employment – from Russell Cawyer’s Texas Employment Law Update
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- The 40 Most Memorable Tweets Of 2011 – from BuzzFeed
- Jack and Tweets - A Bad Workplace Combination – from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- A Social Sanity Manifesto for 2012 – from Harvard Business Review
- (Alleged) Rogue Employee of the Week – the Case of the Porn Star Teacher – from damnedif
- Should my employer pay for my cell phone? – from Ask a Manager
- New Study Highlights Warning Signs of Corporate Data Theft – from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- The Tablet Revolution and Why It Matters to Your Small Business Technology Plan – from COSE Mindspring
- Smartphone penetration skyrockets in 2011, iPhone becomes No.1 handset – from Boy Genius Report
- Court Denies Motion to Provide Access to Social Networking Sites in Civil Discovery – from The Volokh Conspiracy
- Louis C.K. sells his latest live show directly to fans, calls anti-DRM experiment a success – from The Verge
HR & Employee Relations
- Prof says “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” promotes bullying – from David Yamada’s Minding the Workplace
- 9 Worst holiday gifts from bosses – from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- The Employee/Employer Relationship: Breaking the Barrier – from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs
- The Inevitable End of Year Employment Move – from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
- Is My Offer Letter a Contract? – from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
- Your boss may be ruining your marriage – from Life Inc.
Wage & Hour
- Properly Accounting for Holidays in Calculating FMLA Leave – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer Blog
- A Holiday Wage and Hour Checklist: Are You Naughty or Nice? – from SmartHR
- DOL Pushes “Initiative”-Focused FLSA Enforcement – from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Southern District of New York Judge Holds that Fair Labor Standard Act Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Unenforceable As a Matter of Law – from Employment Matters Blog
Labor Relations
- The NLRB: Now Extracting Ransom (for Unions) From An Employer Near You… – from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Put the Brakes on Overregulation – from The ChamberPost
- New NLRB Nominations – from Workplace Prof Blog