The ABA Journal is, again, seeking nominations for its list of the 100 best legal blawgs, the “Blawg 100.” The nomination process is simple. Go here and answer a few simple questions touting your favorite blawgs. If you are so inclined, please take a few moments between now and August 9 to show some love for the blawgs you regularly read. If you take a look at this week’s list of links below, you’ll get a flavor for some the blawgs I’ll be nominating.
Also, I cannot let the week go by without giving a huge thank you to fellow blawger, Phil Miles, who, at his Lawffice Space blog, posted a review of my book, The Employer Bill of Rights. Phil’s words are much appreciated. The best compliment anyone can pay a lawyer is that you don’t write like a lawyer. Phil, from one to another, thanks.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Is Obesity a Disability? — from WSJ.com: Law Blog [Thanks for the link to my earlier post]
- Obesity as a workplace disability? One court bucks the trend and says no. — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Gays And Lesbians Turn Fight To Workplace Discrimination Ban — from NPR’s All Things Considered
- No Brazilian Wax, No Job — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- An Employee Is Stealing Company Documents … That Can’t Be Protected Activity, Right? — from Trading Secrets
- The SCOTUS Decisions Every Employee Should Be Talking About — from Harvard Business Review
- Whole Foods Revises Its English-Only Policy — from Employer's Law Blog [background here]
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Is a Candidate’s Profile Picture Worth a Thousand Words? — from EmployeeScreenIQ Blog
- The 2013 Social Media Landscape — from Social Media Today
- What Google Glass Means for Workplace Policy — from Mashable
- School board axes law firm after attorney’s viral video rant — from ABA Journal Daily News
- Are “Sent From My Phone” Signatures Useful or Annoying? — from Lifehacker
- Happy Birthday George Orwell, here's your surveillance society — from The Verge
- Common Law Invasion of Privacy Claims in Social Media — from Augmented Legality
HR & Employee Relations
- Restaurant Wars: Restrictive Covenants for Chefs & Tandoori Chicken Tikka — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- An Introduction to Background Checks for Employers — from ERC Insights Blog
- A cautionary tale about out‑of‑state telecommuting — from EmployerLINC
- Is bullying in the workplace legal? — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Wage & Hour
- The Last Word: In Defense of Unpaid Internships — from Rick Bell at Workforce.com
- Supremes' DOMA decision may simplify some spousal FMLA administration — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- The Questions to Ask Before Adopting an ESOP — from You’re the Boss Blog
- FLSA Status of Mortgage Loan Officers Remains Unsettled — from Minnesota Employment Law Report
- The “Fluctuating Work Week” — An FLSA Mirage — from New York Labor and Employment Law Report
- Are Mortgage Loan Officers Exempt or Non-Exempt? That's an Excellent Question. — from Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Avoiding Court by Calculating “Regular Rate of Pay” the Right Way — from Blogging4Jobs
- Failing to Recognize an Employee's Need for FMLA Leave Can be A Costly, Painful Mistake — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- Supreme Court to Consider Labor Issues Next Term — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
- Does Your Email Policy Pass Muster? New NLRB Decision Offers Guidance — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
- No Changing of the Guard: NLRB Continues to Uphold Policies Barring Union Use of Employer Email Systems — from Labor Relations Counsel
- NLRB: Employee’s Outburst In Calling Manager “Trouble” Not So Egregious As To Render Conduct Unprotected — from Labor Relations Update