Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. POTUS 44 is still POTUS 44. What does the next four years of President Obama mean for labor and employment law? Some of my fellow bloggers share their thoughts:
- A Look Back at Obama’s (First?) Four Years and Employment Law and Four Potential Employment Law Impacts of Obama’s Next Four Years — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- How will the 2012 Presidential election affect federal employment and labor law? — from David Yamada’s Minding the Workplace
- Obama’s Next Four Years: What It Means for HR and Employment Law — from Stephanie Thomas’s Proactive Employer Blog
- What Obama’s re-election means for HR and employment issues — from BLR HR Daily Advisor
- Future Shock: What the Election Results Mean For the U.S. Workplace — from Workplace Diva
- Obama Wins, Senate Democrats Keep Majority - What Will it Mean for Employers? — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
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Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Harassment Prevention: It's All Fun and Games … Until It's Not — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Supervisor Stating I’m “Going To See To It” That Worker Retires When He’s 62 May Be Direct Evidence Of Age Discrimination — from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog
- Maintaining a “Good Ol’ Boys” Environment Is A Sure Way To Get Sued — from Employment Discrimination Report
- I was fired while undergoing medical treatment: Is it legal? — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Emerging Issues in Social Media – The Status of Social Media Password Legislation — from netWORKed Lawyers
- Is Technology Making You More (or Less) of a Jerk? — from Harvard Business Review
- LinkedIn Now Has 187 Million Members — from Mashable
- Do “sexting” and “mash-up” belong in the dictionary? — from Lawyerist
HR & Employee Relations
- Four Tips to Remember When Documenting — from Workplace Insights
- What the Questions in Job Related Personality Tests Really Mean — from Lifehacker
- The Cost of Obesity — from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
- No Bathroom Breaks For You! — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Madison Square Garden Company Strong-Arms Employees Into Using Vacation Days Post-Sandy — from Deadspin
- Playbook for Protecting Trade Secrets Begins with Protecting Your Home Turf — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Wage & Hour
- Paying banana boxes of food as OT is not an a-peeling option — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Three Myths about Holiday Pay Under the FLSA — from Blogging4Jobs
- De Minimis Exception Applies Only in Cases Where There is a “Practical Administrative Difficulty in Recording Time” — from Overtime Law Blog
- The 40 Hour Workweek is Alive and Well… — from China Gorman
- Handling Intermittent Leave (and Not Intermittently Losing Your Mind) — from Mark Toth at TLNT
- Transfer to Lesser Sales Territory Was Okay under FMLA, Court Says — from Smart HR Manager