This week’s “WIRTW” is all about looking ahead. On Wednesday, I shared the one New Year’s resolution all employers should make for 2013. This week, some of my blogging brethren also shared their thoughts on resolutions employers should make for the coming year.
- 2013 New Years’ Resolutions for Employers — from Tim Eavenson’s Current Employment
- Countdown to 2013: Five Key Predictions for the Future Workforce — from EmployerBrief
- Evil Skippy’s Workplace Resolutions for 2013 — from Evil Skippy at Work
- The Top 4 Employment Law Concerns for Small Businesses in 2013 — from CPEhr
- HR Predictions for 2013 — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Top Five New Year’s Resolutions for Wage/Hour in 2013! — from Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- HR’s 2013 “To Do” List — from China Gorman
- 6 HR tech resolutions for 2013 — from Technology for HR
Here’s the rest of what I read this week (and last week):
Discrimination
- With employers like THIS, it's gonna be a busy 2013 for the lawyers — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Who Says I’m a Girly Man? Doth Sayeth the EEOC — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Company Fires “An Old Penny That Keeps Coming Back?” — from Employment Discrimination Report
- Bad “Business Judgment” is not Discrimination – Veronese v. Lucasfilm — from California Labor and Employment Defense Blog
- Policy for Requesting Medical Info Runs Afoul of ADA, Says EEOC — from The Proactive Employer Blog
- Critics are Unfairly Attacking the Iowa Supreme Court's Sex Discrimination Ruling in Nelson v. Knight — from Iowa Employment Law Blog
- The EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013 — from Warren & Associates Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Should C-suites and Boards of Directors be Exempt from Social Media Training? — from Social Media Today
- BYOD: It’s Way Ahead of the Law, But You Need a Policy — from HR Daily Advisor
- Someone sent a dirty email from my work account — but it wasn’t me! — from Ask a Manager
- Defining who speaks for a company and when important in age of social media — from The Shreveport Times
- Six states outlaw employer snooping on Facebook — from CNET
HR & Employee Relations
- Is There Room for Humanity in HR? — from We Know Next
- President Obama Signs Trade Secrets Clarification Act and House of Representatives Considers Enhancing Economic Espionage Act Penalties — from Trading Secrets
- Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels, Part I and Part II — from The Emplawyerologist
- 6 Action Steps When Confronting Employee Theft — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
Wage & Hour
- My coworker is working off the clock — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- 2 Recent Cases Draw Distinction Between Volunteers and Employees — from Overtime Law Blog
Labor Relations
- NLRB Continues to Assert Its Influence Over Non-Union Employees — from Labor Relations Counsel
- National Labor Relations Board Rules Employers Must Bargain With Union Representatives Over Discretionary Discipline — from Labor Relations Today