At The Employer Handbook Blog, Eric Meyer is polling his readers with the question, “Would you hire this employee?”
The employee in question, Marina Shifrin, posted this video on her YouTube page (11+ million hits to date) announcing that she quit her job.
Embracing the maxim that there are two sides to every story, the employer, Next Media Animation, posted a video of its own (with a respectible 2.2 million hits) announcing that it’s hiring (h/t Mashable).Touché.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- The EEOC Continues Fight To “Shut Down” Judicial Review Of Conciliation Process — from EEOC Year-End Countdown
- Time’s Up, Pencils Down: EEOC Final Fiscal Year End Filing Totals Provide Surprises and Insight — from Employment Law Lookout
- EEOC’s Conciliation Efforts Shortchanges 5,000+ Employees Annually — from WinWinHR
- EEOC Responds to Criticism of its Position on Background Checks — from Minnesota Employment Law Report
- The Death of the Jury Trial in Federal Court — from Texas Employment Law Blog
- The UNEMPLOYED – A Protected Category Coming To a Jurisdiction Near You — from The Labor Dish
- Watch Out! Anti-Retaliation Laws May Protect Act Against Ex-Employees Too — from The Emplawyerologist
- U.S. Supreme Court to Kick Off New Term With Age Discrimination Issue — from Currents: Hot Topics in Employment Law
- “Voluntary” wellness programs—seeking answers from the EEOC — from Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws — from Socially Aware Blog
- Discovery of Social-Media Passwords — from Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Social Media training for employees — from Gautam Ghosh on Human Resources
- Just because you own the device doesn’t mean… — from Omega HR Solutions
HR & Employee Relations
- Top 5 Reasons Employees Quit and What You Can Do About It — from In House
- Fired For Telling The Truth — from Work Place Coach Blog News
- 10 New (And Legal) Ways Your Employer Is Spying On You — from Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Careful, that Slice of Pizza You’re Eating Might Be Full of Trade Secrets — from Trading Secrets
- Don’t Forget the ‘Human’ in Human Resources! — from Blogging4Jobs
- Cleansing a Toxic Workplace — from Time
- Millennials in the Workplace: More Engagement, Less Powerpoint — from The Marketing Strategist
Wage & Hour
- Supreme Court to Consider Tax Treatment of Severance Payments — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
- Roto Rooter OT Case Shows Interplay Between Arbitration and Lawsuits — from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- Sick employee wants less overtime? Consider that a request for intermittent FMLA leave — from Business Management Daily
- They’re Heeeerrrreeee … Obamacare Exchanges Go Live — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space