Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Employers, you might (or might not) be liable for retaliation if… — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- EEOC’s Shifting Focus: Systemic Discrimination — from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer Blog
- USERRA protections expanded to include hostile work environment — from Sindy Warren’s Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog
- Obesity: The New Discrimination under the ADA — from Restaurant Law Blog
- The Top 5 Most Intriguing Decisions In EEOC Cases Of 2011 — from Workplace Class Action Litigation
- EEOC Sues Employer for Not Allowing Employee to Attend Religious Convention — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Catholic Teacher Fired for Having a Baby — from Legal As She Is Spoke
- Should Pregnancy Be Treated as a Disability? — from The Juggle (Wall Street Journal)
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Monitoring and Accessing Employee Private Email Results in Lawsuit — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Could You Go Three Months Without A Mobile Phone, Email, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter? — from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
- Your Gen Y employees love mixing business with pleasure online — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Posited “right to be forgotten online” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Dark side of social media: age discrimination — from CBS News
- Just Friends? What To Consider Before Befriending Your Boss — from Huffington Post
- Study: 91% of Gen-Ys Use Their Phones in the Bathroom — from ReadWriteWeb
- Tell employees of monitoring plans — from Judy Greenwald at Business Insurance
- Privacy on social media – do we even care? — from Soshable
HR & Employee Relations
- Does your Startup Need an Employee Handbook? — from JumpStart Blog
- Courtroom Lessons for the Business Owner/Employer — from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
- Welcome to the Company, Oh By the Way You Will Be Fired in Four Years — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- An Employment Brand Is A Relationship — from HR Examiner with John Sumser
- A Lighthearted Take on Deposition Preparation — from Russell Cawyer’s Texas Employment Law Update
- The Background Check Results Are In … Who Won’t HR Hire — from Nick Fishman’s employeescreenIQ Blog
- Building Rapport with Non-Western Interview Subjects — from Dawn Lomer’s i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Giants Or Patriots - Do Employers Care? — from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- Super Bowl Hangover? Yes, Employees May Be Less Productive on Monday — from TLNT
- Most Outrageous Employee Excuses — from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
Wage & Hour
- When “letting off steam” becomes protected activity under the FLSA — from Fair Labor Standards Act Law
- “Right to Know” Rule Not Likely in 2012 — from Wage & Hour Insights
- 3d Cir. Finds Individual Supervisor Liable Under FMLA — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Five 2011 FMLA Cases That Give Guidance To Employers In 2012 — from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- DOL Proposes FMLA Regulatory Changes Regarding Military Family Leave, Flight Crew Eligibility and How Employers Calculate FMLA Leave — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- An Overview of “Right to Work” — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- NLRB Chairman Says He Will Push For Additional Election Rule Changes — from Labor Relations Counsel