WIRTW #258 (the “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” edition)

This week, the Connecticut General Assembly (hat tip: Dan Schwartz) introduced Proposed House Bill 5236, which would create an “Employer’s Bill of Rights.” Hey, that sounds kind of familiar. Didn’t someone wrote a whole book called The Employer Bill of Rights?

Representative Kupchick, I’m waiting for my licensing fee. I’m sure the check’s in the mail.

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Discrimination

• Rethinking Discrimination — from Heather Bussing at HR Examiner
• Fact or Fiction: Your employee's nasty facial scar may be a disability — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Limits on reemployment rights under USERRA — from EmployerLINC
• Can you terminate an employee covered by USERRA? — from Warren & Associates Blog

Social Media & Workplace Technology

• You Can (Sort Of) Talk Smack About Your Boss Online Now — from Workplace Diva
• Facebook trashing your boss may be OK — from CareerDiva
• The Great Employer/Employee Social Media Passwords Debate — from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs
• How “bring your own cloud” could kill BYOD — from Consumerization Blog

HR & Employee Relations

• Video of Ohio Man Lifting Weights Ends His Workers’ Comp Benefits — from EmployerBrief
• You’re Damned if You Don’t Have the Right Inclement Weather Policy — from damnedif
• Catfishing "Employers" — from Workplace Prof Blog
• Manti Te’o, Notre Dame and the Art of the Crappy HR Investigation — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
• The Batmobile Employee Handbook Provision — from Employment & the Law
• Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!” — from Employment Class Action Blog

Wage & Hour

• Sex, lawyers, and “independent contractor versus employee” – believe it or not! — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
• DOL Issues Guidance on FMLA for Adult Children — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
• Clarification of FMLA Leave for Children with a Disability — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
• DOL’s Misclassification Initiative Continues — from Wage & Hour Insights
• “Right to Know” Back On The Table? — from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
• The FLSA's Emergency Exception — from Stephanie Thomas at Compensation Café
• Under Federal Law, Are You Required to Pay Your Employees for Their Breaks or Not? — from Overtime Advisor

Labor Relations

• Another Dizzying Ride on the NLRB Roller Coaster — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
• The NLRB Hits Just Keep Coming. This Time, Possible Front-Pay — from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
• The NLRB Hinders Confidentiality in Nonunion Companies — from Michael Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• Union Membership Plummets, According to Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Report — from LaborPains