WIRTW #310 (the “suck it” edition)

Have you heard the one about the daughter who posted on her Facebook page about her dad’s age discrimination settlement with his old company? As it turns out, writing, “Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT,” violated the confidentiality language in Papa Snay’s settlement agreement, causing him to forfeit an $80,000 settlement payment. Oops.

The following blogs have more on this very interesting story:

• Daughter’s Facebook post costs dad $80k employment settlement — from Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog
• Facebook “SUCK IT” Costs Dad $80,000 — from Lowering the Bar
• Daughter’s Facebook Post Costs Dad his Settlement — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
• Daughter’s Facebook post costs dad $80,000 — from Internet Cases
• Facebook and confidentiality agreements do not mix — from Michigan Employment Law Connection
• Daughter’s Facebook Post Sink’s Father’s Settlement — from All in a Day’s Work
• Daughter’s Facebook brag underscores the enforceability of confidentiality clauses in settlement and severance agreements — from Employer Law Report

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Discrimination

• U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners Take EEOC to Task on Background Checks — from employeescreenIQ Blog
• The A, B, C’s of EEOC — from The Labor Dish
• A $26 million verdict reminds us that ageism is as illegal as the other “isms” — from Sindy Warren
• Employers Be Warned- Look at the Big Picture When Considering Harassment Allegations — from Currents: Hot Topics in Employment Law
• Employer’s quick action bars racial harassment claim — from EmployerLINC
• Employee Who Fails to Return from Vacation Has No Claim of Discriminatory Termination — from The Employment Brief
• Bullying Debate: “Do We Need To Wait For A Law?” — from Employment Discrimination Report
• EEOC: Employer Agrees to Improve Process of Designating Worker as Safety Threat Under ADA — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog

Social Media & Workplace Technology

• Privacy is Going to be a Major Employee Concern for the Future — from Blogging4Jobs
• Social Media and Its Impact on the Workplace: What Every Employer Needs To Consider — from Trading Secrets
• The Problem With Corporate Webmail — from The Not-So-So Private Parts
• Before You Send That Scathing Email, Remember the Tale of the Job Bank House Mother — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
• Make BYOD Work: 9 Key Considerations — from InformationWeek

HR & Employee Relations

• Manage Your Work, Manage Your Life — from Harvard Business Review
• Who’s working at home, and is home the proper place? — from Technology for HR
• The Joys of Telecommuting, according to telecommuters — from Families and Work Institute Blog
• Six Rules for terminations: Firing Fast does not mean firing Stupidly! — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• Becoming Employers of Choice — from SHRM Blog
• Should Background Checks Be On Your New Employee Checklist? — from HR Defense Blog
• Your Job Search and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) — from hr bartender

Wage & Hour

• Employer’s Wage Issues with Students on J-1 Visas — from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
• Answers to AOL Jobs Reader Questions On Wages and Overtime — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
• FMLA Win for Employers – Employees Can Affirmatively Decline FMLA Leave & Thus FMLA Protections — from The Labor and Employment Law Blog
• Family and Medical Leave, Doctor’s Notes, and Employee Preferences — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider

Labor Relations

• Lawyers Look To Unionize At Bloomberg Law — from Above the Law
• UAW to NLRB: Tell Politicians to Stay Out of Our Elections — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
• NLRB’s Expedited Election Rule: “A Solution in Search of a Problem” — from TLNT