Wednesday’s post dissecting the NLRB’s attack on confidential workplace investigations received a lot of feedback, on Twitter, in various LinkedIn groups, and in the comments. Here’s two of the best:
The best comment, however, came via email from a reader who has asked to remain anonymous:
In its attempt to stay relevant, the NLRB has revealed how very out of touch it really is. |
I couldn’t have said it better myself (and thanks to everyone for contributing to the discussion).
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Recent Religious Discrimination Cases: Thou Shalt Train Recruiters About Religious Discrimination — from Employer Defense Law Blog
- Is Obesity Now a Disability Under the ADA? — from Hiring & Firing
- “An employee walks into a hospital wearing a Jesus lanyard…” — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook
- Whoa Baby! Managing pregnancy in the workforce — from Employer Legal Advocate
- ABC, 123, EEOC and Pregnancy Discrimination — from The Proactive Employer Blog
- Marissa Mayer’s Pregnancy: An Interesting Window into Women, Pregnancy, and the Workplace — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- When the EEOC Goes Too Far — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Fifth Circuit Rejects Case Asserting Sex-Stereotyping Theory of Sexual Harassment — from Russell Cawyer’s Texas Employment Law Update
- Sexual Harassment is more than Innocent Fun — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Five sure-fire ways to get an age-based harassment complaint — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Fourth Circuit Adopts “Narrow Reading” of Authorization under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — from Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
- Social Media Lessons from the 2012 Olympics — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- How the Right Social Media Strategy Now Will Help You in a Crisis Later — from Social Media Today
- “Facebook Firing” Claims Under State Law Too — from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- Stop Trying to Micro-Manage Employees’ Use of Social Media — from Chris McKinney’s Texas Employment Law Blog
- Inside The Mind Of A Person Who Stalked A Female Co-Worker — from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
- Top 10 Guidelines for Social Media Background Checks — from ere.net
- Illinois Enacts Social Media Privacy Law — from Shear on Social Media Law
- A Guide to F**king Up in the Digital Age — from Lifehacker
- Is Social Media Use @ Work Dropping? — from Mark Toth’s Manpower Employment Blawg
HR & Employee Relations
- How Do I Deal With Unwelcome Questions About My Down Syndrome Son? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- I Swear Because I Care — from Jason Lauritsen
- Use the Chik-Fil-A Mess to Teach Your Employees About Freedom of Speech — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Distraction or Stress Reducer? Why a Dog-Friendly Workplace Might Work — from TLNT
- 6 Tips For Asking Terminated Employees To Leave the Workplace Immediately — from Minnesota Employer
- Top 10 tips for conducting an effective sexual harassment investigation — from HR Hero Line
- I don’t like how you smell—you’re fired! — from EmployerLINC
- The Catch-22 of Criminal-Background-Check Guidance — from Human Resource Executive Online
- Bill Would Generally Ban Pre-Employment Criminal History Inquiries — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
Wage & Hour
- Chart of FLSA Claims by Year - It's a New Record! — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Individual employees can privately settle FLSA claim without court/DOJ approval, rules 5th Circuit — from Mike Maslanka’s Work Matters
Labor Relations
- NLRB Seeks Feedback on Backpay Award Questions — from Labor Relations Counsel
- NLRB Acting General Counsel Begins Attack On At-Will Policies — from Wyatt Employment Law Report
- Ignoring it Doesn’t Make it Go Away: What Non-Union Employers need to know about the NLRA — from Fistful of Talent
- Court Reaffirms Ruling Striking Down NLRB’s “Quickie Election” Rules — from Labor Relations Today
- New “Union-Relations” Privilege Recognized — from LE Blog