Federal jury trials are exhausting. Looking forward to getting my life back.
Here’s what I read this week (during my down time, on my iPhone):
Discrimination
- New Theory of Discrimination: “Implicit Bias” — from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer Blog
- Wall Street Journal Takes the EEOC to Task on Background Checks — from Nick Fishman’s employeescreenIQ Blog
- EEOC: Employers have no right to ask what prescription drugs employees are on — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Even a voluntary demotion can lead to a retaliation claim — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Happy (?) Equal Pay Day! — from Maryland Employment Law Developments
- 4 Things Employers Should Know About the ADAAA — from Workplace Insights
- Can an employer insist on regular attendance without violating the ADA? Maybe. — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Inside the Racist Mind — from Time
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Does a Social Media Policy for Employees Apply to Contractors? — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Anatomy of an Employee Facebook Password Protection Law — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Employers requesting Facebook passwords — from George’s Employment Blawg
- Are Employer Social Networking Accounts Protectable Trade Secrets? — from Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
- I Get It: 4 Ways I Can Tell You Don't Like Voice Mail (and what I think about each of them...) — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Is the boss spying on you? Cyber-snooping on rise — from the Palm Beach Post
HR & Employee Relations
- Why Pet Insurance Makes Sense as Part of Your Menu of Employee Benefits — from TLNT
- Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Employers Provide Too Little Leave — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- To Handbook or Not to Handbook — from The Employer's Lawyer
- Employee Handbooks: do’s and dont’s — from Warren & Associates Blog
- Dear Evil Skippy: How Do I Avoid Offending Sensitive Co-Workers? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- Office Romances On The Rise Among Young Employees — from Fox Business
Wage & Hour
- Overtime Lawsuits On The Rise — from Overtime Lawyer Blog
- The Buddha and the Fair Labor Standards Act — from Work Matters
- Keep an Eye Out for Court’s Ruling on Pharmaceutical Sales Rep. Case — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Clocking in early: a recipe for bogus overtime claims — from HR Cafe
Labor Relations
- Court Upholds Non-Employee Property Access Rights — from Labor Relations Update
- The NLRB and social media: The next phase and more scrutiny — from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection