By now you’ve probably heard about the man who slapped crying toddler on an airplane after dropping an n-bomb on the child. In addition to facing criminal charges, the accused slapper, Joe Rickey Hundley, is out of a job. Prior to the incident, he worked as an executive for AGC Aerospace & Defense. Within days of the story going viral, AGC fired Hundley, and issued a statement by its CEO decrying Hundley’s behavior as “embarrassing” and “not in any way reflect[ing] the patriotic character of the men and women of diverse backgrounds who work tirelessly in our business.” (side note: would anyone have thought that the company was in favor of n-bombs and baby slapping if it did not issue a public statement?)
Here’s my question for you, dear readers. If Hundley worked for you, would you have fired him? Did Joe Rickey Hundley deserve to lose his job?
Answer in the comments below, or tweet me @jonhyman.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- EEOC sues law firm over 75-lb. lifting requirement — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Lawful Discrimination and Off-Duty Conduct — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Beginning a Racist Request with “please” does not make it any less Racist or Discriminatory Even if Asked for the Benefit of an Employer’s Customer — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Severance Agreements and the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act — from The Emplawyerologist
- EEOC statistics confirm the ADAAA’s impact — from Warren & Associates Blog
- You Cannot Fire A Pregnant Employee Because “The Baby Is Taking Its Toll On You” — from Employment Discrimination Report
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Can a Court Force Me to Disclose My Facebook Password? — from Augmented Legality
- Right To Privacy Will Be Protected By The Social Networking Online Protection Act — from Shear on Social Media Law
- “Too much information” can get you fired! — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Stalked By Supervisor on Facebook and Then Fired — from Work Place Coach Blog
- The “savings clause” for employer social media policies — from Technology for HR
- 10 things you can do to boost your BYOD security — from Consumerization Blog
- How do you Respond to the Legal Risks of BYOD? — from netWORKed Lawyers
HR & Employee Relations
- Want Higher Productivity? Stop Treating Your Employees Like Children — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- White House announces new strategy to fight theft of intellectual property — from The Verge
- Dear Evil Skippy: One Of My Employees Always Smells Like Dog — from Evil Skippy at Work
- From Red Flags in Employee Handbooks to Django Unchained — from TLNT
- Drafting: No defendant left behind — from John Holmquist’s Michigan Employment Law Connection
- Work-Life Isn’t A Women’s Issue — from Eve Tahmincioglu’s CareerDiva
- Is Hiring More Felons Good for Business? — from Nick Fishman’s employeescreenIQ Blog
Wage & Hour
- New FMLA Forms! — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- ABA's Summary of 2012 FMLA Cases a Valuable Resource for Employers, Attorneys — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Employee’s Facebook Fumble Dooms Her FMLA Claims — from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Supreme Court to determine what “clothes” are under the FLSA. — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Employee Who Performed Work Afterhours for Employer Through His Separate Company Held to be Independent Contractor for Afterhours Work — from Overtime Law Blog
Labor Relations
- Non-union? Not a problem for NLRB — from HR idiot
- Employers are not always the Bad Guys — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- You Have The Right To Discuss Salary With Coworkers — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home