My daughter’s homework last night was to interview five people about what they are thankful for, and summarize the interviews in a short book. She chose to ask her brother, her grandparents, her guitar teacher, and our dog (bonus points for second-grade creativity). Since I did not get the chance to participate, I thought I’d use this space to list what I’m thankful for this year.
A loving and supportive wife, two amazing children, health and happiness, that my children still have all four of their grandparents, doggie daycare, my firm (which has been overwhelmingly supportive of this blog for six and a half years), and all of my subscribers, readers, and followers.
If you’re so inclined, feel free to share your list in the comments below, or on Twitter with the hashtag #OELBThankful
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I’ll have fresh content Monday and Tuesday, and will be taking the rest of next week off.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Third Circuit Decision in Transgender Discrimination Case — from Phil Miles’ Lawffice Space
- You Want to Work Where? Working From Home As a Reasonable Accommodation — from Employment Law Lookout
- Being At Work Is An Essential Job Function — from The Blue Ink
- EEOC issues discussion points on permissible uses of “integrity testing” — from Employment Law Matters
- Court Finds Odor Sensitivity May Be Disability under ADAAA — from The Employment Brief
- Employee medical exams and the law - how much do you know? — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- “My Employee is on Facebook Four Hours a Day. What Do I Do?” — from Dan Schwartz ‘s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Employee Privacy and Smart Phones: Even if Employers Give Phones to Employees, Don't Read Personal Content! — from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- Yes, you can get fired for trashing your company on Facebook — from Ragan.com
- 10 Social Media Statistics You Might Not Expect — from Social Media Strategies Summit Blog
- What the Internet Of Things Will Bring to the Workplace — from Innovation Insights
- Personal devices in the workplace: a recipe for cost savings or disaster? — from Technology for HR
- The Circle: Transparency as Prison — from HR Examiner with John Sumser
HR & Employee Relations
- Don’t Ever Apologize for Being a Good Parent, and Other Lessons for Hard-Working Women — from Fast Company
- Parental Leave in the US Really Does Suck — from Fistful of Talent
- Background Check Selfie: Good for Job Seekers, Employers Beware — from employeescreenIQ Blog
- How to Accidentally Hire a Convicted Felon — from TLNT
- It Was The Added “0” That Did It—Among Other Things — from Suits by Suits
- ‘Tis The Season To Be … Sick? — from Manpower Employment Blawg
- HR Lessons from TV’s Parks and Recreation — from Blogging4Jobs
Wage & Hour
- How Much Does It Cost To Make A Wage And Hour Case Go Away? — from The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Surf’s Up: Riding The Wave Of Unpaid Intern Lawsuits — from The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- FACT OR FICTION: Giving a part-time employee full-time hours may be FMLA retaliation? — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Worker With “Crying Spells” After Daughter Was Raped Can Bring FMLA Claim — from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog
Labor Relations
- NLRB Digging Deeper Into Corporate Labor Practices — from Corporate Counsel
- NLRB: “Merit” in Some Charges Against Walmart Concerning Handling of Employee Protests — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Double Take — An NLRB Win For Employers? — from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- NLRB, UFCW, and Walmart: A Tail of Two Hours Time — from LaborPains.org
- The reach of the NLRA — from Michigan Employment Law Connection
- Is Federal Labor Law Keeping Unions, Employers from Finding Common Ground? — from Law.com
- NLRB will seek to impose revised union election rules again soon — from The Human Race Horses