Are you looking for some fresh idea on how to spruce up your management style? Look no further than these four tips from corporate-guru Jim Gaffigan:
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Why Age Discrimination Should Matter to You — from HR Examiner with John Sumser
- Hijab accommodation: Will Abercrombie's victory stand? — from Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- ‘T*ts Or GTFO’ Now A Legitimate Requirement For Unpaid Interns — from Abovethelaw.com
- It’s Not Just A Speed Bump: The EEOC Loses Another Battle In Its War On The Mandatory Conciliation Process — from Workplace Class Action Litigation
- Employee—a grown man for God’s sake—claims he was fired for being a brony — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- The Situation of Ageism — from The Situationist
- Woman is Fired for Being Old and Ugly – A Win for the EEOC — from Workplace Insights
- Future Friday: The Disability of the Future Workplace? — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Snap(chat), Kik & Whisper: What Social Networking Apps Your Employees Are Using Today — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Boss Hacks Personal Email Account of Employee. Emotional Distress Follows. — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- How Social Media Could Soon Change Performance Reviews — from Workplace Diva
- Keeping it simple : 5 word law firm social media policy — from Real Lawyers Have Blogs
- BYODOMG! Your Kids Are Taking Over Your Work Phone — from Workplace Diva
- Employment Law IQ: Hiring Decisions Based on Social Media Postings — from Southwest Florida HR Law & Solutions
HR & Employee Relations
- Employer knew of Navy Yard shooter’s mental instability — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Indemnification Clauses: Think about it now or regret it later — from Ohio Real Estate Blog
- Making Terminations a Little Less Difficult — from Blogging4Jobs
- Firing of USC football coach not a model for employer handbook — from Employment Intelligence
- Generation X — Has Our Day Finally Come? — from TLNT
- Long Live the Reference Check — from Inc.
- My Employer Filed Bankruptcy. Does That Mean They Can’t Enforce My Noncompete? — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
Wage & Hour
- The Best Startup Perk? A 40-Hour Week — from Bloomberg Businessweek
- Supreme Court Declines to Review Nurse's Claim of Off-the-Clock Work In Contravention of Policy — from Wage and Hour Law Update
- The Other Area 51? Court Holds 51 Job Titles, Even In Same Area, Are Too Alien From Another For Class Treatment — from The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- When An Employee Is On FMLA Leave, How Much Contact Is Too Much? — from Laconic Law Blog
Labor Relations
- SCOTUS 2013-14 Labor Law Preview — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- BREAKING NEWS: Obama Says All Striking Union Members Should Be Fired — from LaborPains.org