Mozy recently published a list of the 50 Things We Don’t Do Anymore Because of Technological Advancements. It’s weird to think that my kids will never use an encyclopedia to write a last-minute term paper, scour the ground for payphone change because they forget to leave the house with a trusty dime, or dial *69 to figure out which of their friends is pranking us.
Scanning the list, though, I’m proud to say that I’m still a luddite in some key areas:
- Print photographs
- Go into the bank to conduct business
- Remember phone numbers
- Watch DVDs
- Fax documents
- Have a CD collection
- Watch TV shows at the time they are shown
- Try on shoes at the mall
- Buy flowers at a florist
- Buy newspapers
By my count, I’m 20 percent luddite. How do you rank?
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Jujitsu in EEOC v. Kaplan — from LaborRelated (and congrats on your new edition)
- The EEOC’s top three of 2012: retaliation, discrimination, and harassment — from Warren & Associates Blog
- 5 Things You Need To Know About Retaliation — from Employment Discrimination Report
- When single employees are “discriminated” against — from Employment Law Bits
- The EEOC on Transgender Employees and Sex Discrimination — from Workplace Prof Blog
- Gender Inequality Claims Make Headlines in Case and in New Study — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- 3d Cir. Issues a Bitchin' Constructive Discharge Decision — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Do Your Employees BYOD? Here’s How to Reduce the Hassles… — from Hiring & Firing
- Who owns your Twitter followers? — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Employee posts “I wish I could get fired” on Facebook. Guess what happened? — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Should you monitor workers’ electronic communications? — from Technology for HR
- FaceWash Makes Sure Your Facebook Profile Is Clean and Interview-Ready — from Lifehacker
HR & Employee Relations
- Smoking Discrimination — from Texas Employer Handbook
- Employee Takes Too Many Bathroom Breaks — from hr bartender
- Psst… This Is What Your Co-Worker Is Paid — from Rachel Emma Silverman at the Wall Street Journal
Wage & Hour
- Employer’s Bane: Unpredictable FMLA leave. Is there a solution? — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Why Must Employers Train Their Managers About the FMLA? Here are 1.2 Million Reasons Why — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- What You Need To Know About RIght-To-Know — from Stephanie Thomas at Compensation Café
- Tell Us How You Misclassify Employees — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Former Athletics Department Intern Throws Flag On Hamilton College's Pay Practices — from The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- The Dirty Dozen Widely-Believed Myths of Wage/Hour — from HR Daily Advisor
- What Do You Mean I Have To Pay My Nanny Overtime?! — from Wage & Hour Insights
Labor Relations
- The Debate Continues: Recent Eighth Circuit Decision Adds to the Growing Tension between Federal Courts and the NLRB Regarding the Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements — from Employment Class Action Blog
- Remember When “Recess” Meant Fun and Games? The Impact of Canning v. NLRB, and What Employers Need to Know While We Wait and See if the Decision Will Remain Intact — from Employer Law Report
- The NLRB is out of business … maybe — from Blogging4Jobs
- Circuit Court Invalidates President Obama's Purported Recess Appointments to National Labor Relations Board, Finds Lack of Quorum — from Seth Borden’s Labor Relations Today
- Court ruling may nullify rules against firing workers for complaining about their jobs on Facebook — from Boy Genius Report
- Obama Risked Executive Power To Give Labor Its Payback — from LaborPains
- Nonunion employers in the crosshairs — from Idaho Business Review