If you have a link you’d like me to share in this month’s Carnival, please email it to me no later than Monday.
Because of my Carnival-hosting duties, WIRTW will not run next Friday, and will return on June 28.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Moms rule in lactation, pregnancy, and health insurance challenges — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Just Give Me a Reason: Court Clarifies Burden-Shifting Standards — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- GINA Lawsuits are Becoming More Common — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Retaliation Gets A Broader View — from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Can a Hostile Environment Claim Arise From Conduct Between Employees Outside the Workplace? — from Minnesota Employer
- Failure to Provide Additional Leave as ADA Accommodation Could Prove Costly to Employers — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- LGBT Workers Face Rampant Discrimination, Higher Taxes and Receive Fewer Workplace Benefits — from Workplace Fairness
- Should I Caution My Gay Employee About His Picnic PDAs? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- EEOC steps up enforcement of genetic information non-discrimination — from EmployerLINC
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Banned at Work: Employers Blacklist Apps From Facebook, Google — from Bloomberg Businessweek
- Stop Insider Tweeting!—Feds Eye Social Media for Securities Shenanigans — from Socially Aware Blog
- Using Instagram Can Get You Fired — from Business Insider
- Through the Lens of a Taco Bell Kid Licking Taco Shells — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- In-House Email Policy: What Makes a Good One? — from In House Blog
- Email Security in the Modern Workplace — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Why Your CEO Is a Security Risk — from Harvard Business Review
- I’ll BYOD if You BYOB — from YourHRGuy
- Let's Talk About BYOD Privacy In the Workplace, Stat — from Workplace Diva
- Is Social Media the Biggest Workplace Distraction? — from Social Media Today
HR & Employee Relations
- Enforceability of a Noncompete Agreement will Often Depend Upon Context — from Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Few Employees Quit Jobs Over Mandatory Flu Shots — from EmployerBrief
- Stealing Trade Secrets? Go Directly to Jail / Do Not Pass Go / Do Not Collect $200* — from netWORKed Lawyers
- Lesson From Zynga: Perks Are Not More Important Than a Business Plan — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- SCOTUS Defers to Arbitrator on Class Arbitration — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Can I trust HR to protect my legal rights? — from The Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas, at CBS Money Watch
Wage & Hour
- Employers beware misclassifying employees as unpaid interns — from Employment Law Bits
- Big win in fight against unpaid internships — from Workplace Prof Blog
- Unpaid interns win lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures — from Minding the Workplace
- Unpaid Internships may be more costly than you may think — from Employment Matters Blog
- Pennsylvania District Court Denies Certification Of Off-The-Clock Case — from Employment Class Action Blog
- No No No ... Not In Our Court. Sixth Circuit Uses Dukes v. Wal-Mart To Block Class Certification and Extends It To Bar Hiring Discrimination Class Claims — from Employer Law Report
- Why Dads Don't Take Paternity Leave — from the Wall Street Journal
Labor Relations
- Non Union Employers Beware: OSHA Has Just Become A Union Organizer — from The Labor and Employment Law Blog
- Does firing a law firm associate for discussing wages violate federal labor law? — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Attacked on all sides, NLRB is in “unprecedented” place — from Thomson Reuter’s News and Insight
- NLRB Going Rogue — from California Employment Law
- NLRB Finds Discussions With Employees of Another Employer Can Constitute Protected Activity — from Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog
- NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule (Still) On Hold — from BLEG Blog
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