True story. I just learned of a company (not a client) that maintains two sets of bathrooms—one for its “office” employees and one for its “warehouse” employees—and never the twain shall meet. The company forbids the warehouse workers from using the office restrooms. I’m not sure if the converse is also true, but given the air of snootiness that would lead to such a policy in the first place, I doubt management would grace the warehouse restroom with its presence.
Do I need to tell you that you are sending the wrong message to your workers if you have class-segregated bathroom? Or, am I off-base?
Readers, what do you think?
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- 2 weird sexual harassment cases, with 8 lessons for employers — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Workplace Sexual Harassment Includes Sexual Harassment In The Corridor — from Employment Discrimination Report
- You’re Damned if You Don’t Settle Meritorious Discrimination Cases — from damnedif
- Judge slashes jury award for black plaintiff called the “N”-word—by her black boss — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Temporary Illnesses Or Conditions May Be Covered By The ADA/ADAAA — from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog
- “Hang Up Your Superman Cape” and Age Discrimination: 8th Circuit Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment — from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Employment Lawyer Predicts the Future. What Happens Next Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity. — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Social media misbehavior may (or may not) be enough for termination — from Technology for HR
- Why you should never hire anyone based on their Facebook profile — from Boy Genius Report
- Facebook Isn’t Actually A Good Way To Judge Potential Employees, Say Researchers — from The Not-So Private Parts
- Study: Facebook Profile Alone Isn’t Good Hiring Barometer- Duh! — from employeescreenIQ Blog
- Next Big Practice Area: Privacy Class Action Lawsuits? — from Technologist
HR & Employee Relations
- How to Be a Family-Friendly Boss — from Harvard Business Review
- Why Valve doesn’t care if you take a sick day — from The Verge
- Revise Your Handbook to Minimize Employee Misconduct This Year — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- Can You Fire an Employee For Applying For Unemployment Benefits? — from Minnesota Employer
- Should we disparage non-disparagement clauses? — from Minding the Workplace
- 7 high school lessons that hold true in the workplace — from Ragan.com
Wage & Hour
- If My Office Is Closed For Snow, Do I Get Paid? — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Employee Training: Paid or Unpaid? — from Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Do Sales People + Salary/Wages + Commissions (Still) = Overtime? — from The Emplawyerologist
- Where Defendant Retains Right to Reject Contracts Obtained by Door-to-Door Solicitors, Otherwise Allowed by Law to Enter Into Contracts, Outside Sales Exemption Inapplicable — from Overtime Law Blog
- Ohio Minimum Wage has increased to $7.95 per hour — from Business, Employment and Real Estate Law in Ohio
- A Triple Dog Dare: Take These Five Steps in 2014 to Drastically Improve Your FMLA Compliance — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- 7 Tests to Tell if You Have Just Cause to Fire — from Corporate Counsel
- Union’s Rejection of Company’s “Final” Proposal Does Not Always Signify Impasse — from New York Labor and Employment Law Report
- NLRB Finds Lawful Email Policy Used Unlawfully Against Union Members — from Matt Austin Labor Law
- RIP NLRB Poster Requirement — from from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- If You Saved that NLRB Poster You Can Now Throw it Away! — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- The NLRA Rights Poster Lives on Through Other Means — from Labor Relations Update