In case you haven’t heard, there is a presidential election taking place on Tuesday. My guess is that a few of your employees are going to vote, and some may even want to arrive at work late, or leave early, to beat the pre- and post-9 to 5 rush at the polls.
In case you are thinking about holding your workers to their normal work hours on election day, you should know that Ohio has a statute that requires employers to provide a “reasonable amount of time to vote on election day.”
And remember, if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain. Or, is George Carlin right, and it’s the other way around? (Do I need to warn you that a Carlin clip is likely NSFW?)
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- EEOC Regional Attorneys Speak On the EEOC’s Future Targets — from Employment Discrimination Report
- Can You Be Fired For Supporting A Political Candidate? — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Judge Nancy Gertner on the Situation of Discrimination Claims — from The Situationist
- Butt Slapping … Not Harassment? — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- What happens when the boss is dating the sexual harasser? — from Warren & Associates Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Employers, beware the siren’s song of social media searches — from Technology for HR
- Gap veers from its social media policy in Twitter blunder — from Ragan.com
- I Was Fired For Recruiting on LinkedIn — from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs
- How to Update your Employee Handbook to Include Social Media — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Analysts’ Financial Disclosures on Facebook Lead to Fine and Termination — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Salty about Sandy: 20 Hurricane tweets from your employees — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- eDiscovery 101: BYOD = BYOA (ASPIRIN) — from e-Discovery Insights
- When you and employer split, who gets your friends and followers? — from Bob Sullivan at NBC News
HR & Employee Relations
- Dear Evil Skippy: Can Management Require Employees To Get Flu Shots? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- Why Documentation Is Important — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Non-smokers Should Heart Workplace Smoking Bans — from Workplace Diva
- Employment-at-Will: Walking the Fine Line, Conclusion — from The Emplawyerologist
- DIY Employment and Noncompete Agreements: Are You Getting What you Pay For? — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- The horror! Nine things employers say that spook their lawyers — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
Wage & Hour
- Modifying Workweeks to Avoid Overtime: Employers Should Still Proceed With Caution — from Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Do you have to be paid if your office is closed because of weather? — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Dads Need Lovin’ Too! Father Can Proceed with FMLA Retaliation Claim in “Macho Culture” Lawsuit — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Transfer to Lesser Sales Territory Was Okay under FMLA, Court Says — from Smart HR Manager
- How to Negotiate Your Parental Leave — from Harvard Business Review
Labor Relations
- Unions Scold Corporations… For Trying to Keep Up With Union Politicking — from LaborPains.org
- Was the NLRB’s Decision About Employee Use of Social Media on Company Time Much To Do About Nothing? – Maybe — from netWORKed Lawyers