Do you remember the dental hygienist whom the Iowa Supreme Court declared too hot to work? Earlier this week, she attempted to “redeem” herself by appearing on a recent episode of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 [h/t Above the Law] (NSFW):
Tosh.0
I’m happy to see that Ms. Nelson doesn’t perceive herself as a piece of meat to be inappropriately ogled by men. After Ms. Nelson lost her sex discrimination case I had sympathy for her because I thought the Iowa court made bad law. I still believe Nelson’s case is bad law; my sympathy for her, however, has gone down the drain.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Senator Murphy: Prospects “Not Too Good” for Federal Bill Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Senate must act on gay workplace rights — from The Washington Post
- Hooter’s Waitress Alleges That Brain Surgery Resulted In Her Losing To Losing Her Job — from Workplace Prof Blog
- What Does GINA Have to Do With Employment Practices? — from The Emplawyerologist
- EEOC Checkup: Where Things Stand — from employeescreenIQ Blog
- What The Interactive Process Requires — from California Employment Law
- A Workplace Harassment Case for the Record Books — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Teach Employees about Sexual Harassment — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Monitoring employees’ use of company trademarks in social media — from Technology for HR
- If worker social media accounts are private, how can financial firms check for trading issues? — from ABA Journal Daily News
- Breaking Bad? NM is the 6th state to pass social media workplace law — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Federal Court Allows Service On Foreign Defendants Through Facebook — from Trading Secrets
- The top 5 trends in mobile and BYOD security — from Consumerization Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- California Court Tosses Idea Theft Suit Over LOST Television Show Out to Sea — from Trading Secrets
- From bullying, to mobbing, to ouster: The story of Ann Curry — from Minding the Workplace
- Being Proactive May Reduce Risk for Corporate Raiding and Loss of Sensitive Company Information — from netWORKed Lawyers
- Workplace Violence: Some things an employer can do — from Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Lessons from Boston: Employers confront terrorism — from Michigan Employment Law Connection
- How Elevators Reveal Office Pecking Order — from Fast Company
Wage & Hour
- Department of Labor to Increase Frequency of FMLA On-Site Investigations — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Can Employers Limit FMLA Leave for Married Co-Workers? — from Hiring & Firing
- Employing teens – is it ok not to pay them for “training time”? — from Warren & Associates Blog
- Are Unpaid Interns Handy Helpers or a Source of Liability? — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
- Do FLSA Settlements Require Court Approval? — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Payment of Wages While on Lock-Down — from CPEhr