Today, Dr. Seuss would have been 108 years old. What does Dr. Seuss have to do with employment law, you ask? Believe it or not, I have an answer for you — More lessons from children’s lit: Dr. Seuss — which I wrote more than two years ago. Enjoy this oldie from the archives in honor of Dr. Seuss’s 108th birthday.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Disabled-hiring “goals” for federal contractors — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Leave of Absence as Reasonable Accommodation for Disability? It Depends — from Employment Matters Blog
- Want Some Insight into the EEOC’s priorities in the Area of ADA and Leaves of Absence? Follow EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum on Twitter — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- On the EEOC radar: Pregnancy and caregiver discrimination — from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
- When illegal interview questions are legal — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Linguistic Challenges in the Workplace — from Southwest Florida HR Law & Solutions
- Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (“GINA”) — from Texas Employer Handbook
- Three Steps That Will Help Prevent Sexual Harassment Problems — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- EEOC’s Strategic Plan and 5 tips for employers seeking a good mediation — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Why appearance-based discrimination isn’t illegal — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- “Twitter Is Not Your Personal Playground,” ESPN Reminds Its Employees — from Deadspin
- Employer Is Liable for Off-Duty Harassment-by-Blog — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Social Media and the Workplace — from Security Management
- Top 5 Signs Lawyers Should Know About Pinterest — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Pin with Caution, Says Lawyer Who Deleted All Her Pinterest Posts — from ABA Journal Daily News
- You can’t get Facebook login info based on a smiling profile pic — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Achieving Work Life Balance with Mobile Technology — from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs
- iPad at Work: for the President at His Daily Briefing in the White House — from iPad Insight
HR & Employee Relations
- Could Pixar’s “Secret Story Guidelines” Work for Your Team? — from Harvard Business Review
- Tragedy in Chardon: a lesson for HR — from Warren & Associates Blog
- New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee’s Disclosure of PHI — from Privacy Law Blog
- “Tail Coverage” Following Termination of Employment: What Physicians (and their Employers) Should Know? — from Health Employment and Labor
- Employee handbooks – just when you thought it was safe… — from HR idiot
- Does Paternity Leave Hurt Women? — from The Juggle
- Debate Over Sick Leave Intensifies — from Sarah Needleman in the Wall Street Journal
