The Labor & Employment blawgosphere nearly blew itself up this week, with Facebook passwords and the Supreme Court’s healthcare argument dominating the headlines. In case you were under a rock this week, here’s my 140 character summary, fit for you to copy and paste into Twitter: “Requiring Facebook passwords from job applicants is bad, but, it looks like S Ct might think individual health insurance mandates are worse.”
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Facebook Passwords
- Don’t Demand Facebook Passwords — from Manpower Employment Blawg
- Requiring Social Media Information Is a Bad Idea — from Workplace Privacy Counsel
- What Could Go Wrong? Facebook Passwords — from LaborRelated
- Leave Facebook out of your hiring decisions — from HR Cafe
- Password Protected - Proposed Social Media Privacy Legislation — from Labor Employment Law Blog
- Facebook Controversy Spawns Legislation — from New Jersey Employment Law Blog
- Facebook Policy Against Sharing Passwords to Block Employers — from Texas Employer Handbook
- Employers Requesting Facebook Access May Face Federal Consequences — from LE Blog
- Think Twice Before Asking Applicants for Facebook Passwords — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Relax! Businesses don’t want employee Facebook passwords. — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- UPDATE - Still Trending On Password Demands — from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- Facebook Finally Takes a Position on Screening! — from employeescreenIQ Blog
- Is Social Media Legislation Coming Your Way? — from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
Health Care Law Oral Argument
- SCOTUSblog, health care, and a few things you might have missed — from SCOTUSblog (with links to all of SCOTUSblog’s amazing coverage)
- In Plain English: Is half a loaf better than no loaf? — from SCOTUSblog
- “A Moment of Silence for Obamacare: Prayers, depression, and Latin phrases. Obamacare looks to have had another very bad day.” — from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing
- As health care arguments close, fate of law seems uncertain — from Law.com
- Oral Arguments Close With Severability, Medicaid Expansion Issues — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Supreme Court Hears Final Day of Oral Argument on Severability, Medicaid Expansion — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
- SCOTUS on ACA, Day 1: Supreme Court Signals Reluctance to Postpone ACA Decision on Procedural Grounds — from E is for ERISA
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- ENDA “Lite” On the Way? — from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer
- March Madness and Employment Litigation – It’s All About the Numbers … and a Little Luck — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Reasonable accommodation: Shifting tasks among employees — from HR Cafe
- Discriminating Against the Long-term Unemployed: Tips to Avoid This Practice — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Fourth Circuit Allows Sex Discrimination in Severance go Forward — from Maryland Employment Law Developments
- If your job makes you want to kill yourself, you may (or may not) be an ADA “direct threat” — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- 10.5 billion minutes spent on Facebook daily, excluding mobile — from Friending Facebook Blog
- What Should Go Into a Social Media Policy? — from Lindsay Walker at i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- A (Hopefully Needless) Reminder That Skype Conversations On Your Work Computer Aren’t Very Private — from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
- My So-Called (Double) Life … On Facebook — from Fistful of Talent
- Why Pin(interest)? — from Social Axcess
HR & Employee Relations
- The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs — from Harvard Business Review
- Rogue Employees of the Week – Saints Coach Sean Payton and Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams — from damnedif
- Stupid (beep) People Say — from Cost of Work
- Victoria Hospital Won’t Hire Very Obese Workers — from The Texas Tribute
- The How and Why of Employee Background Screening — from Stephanie Thomas’s Proactive Employer Blog
Wage & Hour
- Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Interns — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- 6 keys to keeping unpaid internships from becoming a hot wage & hour mess — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- HR clueless on Family and Medical Leave — from CareerDiva
- When FMLA Intermittent Leave Leads to Suspicious Attendance Patterns — from HR Hero Line
- Court Clarifies Timing Calculation for FMLA Retaliation Claims — from Minnesota Employment Law Report
Labor Relations
- Fired for Wearing Orange and Orange Employees Strike Back — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Posting Rule Update: Brace for Concerted Activity! — from Labor Relations Institute
- Target to temporarily close store in union fight — from Michael VanDervort’s The Human Race Horses