- Reading the Tea Leaves for Employment Law in 2013 (Harry Potter Edition) — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- And The Crystal Ball Says: My Predictions for 2013 Employment Law — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- How to Avoid Employment Litigation — from Heather Bussing at HR Examiner
- Surprise! Pay Equity a Top Priority for EEOC — from Stephanie Thomas at Compensation Cafe
- Could Your Sexual Harassment Policy Land You in Court? — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Representing an Overweight Female Defendant? Male Jurors May Be Biased, Study Says — from ABA Journal Daily News
- Following the rules does pay off — from EmployerLINC
- You’re Damned if You Turn a Blind Eye to a Disabled Employee’s Ability to Perform the Essential Functions of the Job — from damnedif
- Three Take-Aways from the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan by Commissioner Chai Feldblum — from Workplace Fairness
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- This is my new go-to social-media-discovery judicial opinion — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- LinkedIn now has more than 200 million users in more than 200 countries — from The Verge
HR & Employee Relations
- When Work Sucks: How to Terminate Your Employee — from Jessica Miller-Merrells’ Blogging4Jobs
- Dealing With Workplace Bullies As A Temporary Worker — from Workplace Diva
- Should Employers “Ban the Box”? — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Here Comes the Test Of Your Sick Time Policy — from Workplace Diva
- Trying to reason during the flu season — from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
Wage & Hour
- An Employee Requests and is Denied Vacation Leave but Later Takes FMLA Leave for the Same Time Period. What Recourse Does an Employer Have? — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Internship Class Action Settles for $250,000 — from San Antonio Employment Law Blog
- Tough Questions For The Interviewer: Charlie Rose Settles Class Action Intern Lawsuit Alleging Employee Status — from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- DOL Regulatory Agenda: More Aggressive Activity Expected — from Wage and Hour Law Update
Trade Secrets & Competition
- What Can the NHL Lockout Teach Us About Mediating Non-Compete and Trade Secret Disputes? — from Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
- Call Me, Maybe. Discovery of Employee Identities — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Trade Secret and Noncompete Survey – National Case Graph 2013 — from Fair Competition Law
- Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels, Conclusion — from The Emplawyerologist
Labor Relations
- Obama NLRB Presents Employers With Several Lumps Of Coal — from Stoel Rives World of Employment
- Investigation alert: The NLRB takes aim again at confidentiality — from Warren & Associates Blog
- When Does an Employer Have to Hand Over Witness Statements to a Union? — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
- NLRB Finds Employees’ Facebook Posts Venting about Coworker Are Protected — from netWORKed Lawyers
- New Media and Old Precedent under the National Labor Relations Act — from Employer’s Law Blog