Are you too busy? Is the quality of your output suffering because of the quantity of your commitments (professional and personal)? This article from the Wall Street Journal offers some suggestions on how to (re)gain and keep balance in your life.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Release of Claims Means Exactly What It Says – Even When It Doesn’t — from Suits by Suits
- Former Top Woman at Anheuser-Busch Sues for Sex Discrimination — from Workplace Fairness
- I Can Be There, Even If I’m Not There: More Support That Telecommuting May Be A Reasonable Accommodation — from Employment Law Lookout
- Dear Evil Skippy: Is It Harassment To Make Your Assistant Bring Coffee? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- Lawrence Mitchell Threesomes And Other Startling Allegations In Affidavit — from Above the Law
- Happy Mother's Day! Q & A on pregnancy and lactation accommodation Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Yes, Employers, Words Really Do Matter — from Next Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- My employee deleted all of her work emails and quit. Can I sue her for that? — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- The Role of a Distracted-Driving Policy in a BYOD Workplace — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- Tips for Avoiding Liability for Trade Secret Misappropriation Concerning the Hiring and Departure of Employees — from Trading Secrets
- Yahoo Accuses Ex-Employee of Taking Patent, Trade Secrets to Startup — from Law.com
- Telecommuting dealt another blow — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- ENGAGED EMPLOYEES AGREE: Your Offers of Additional Time Off..Well, They Suck — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- First Amendment and the Workplace: An Update — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Don’t Get Duped by Puffery: How to Recognize Résumé Fraud — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Corporate Employment Practices and D&O Liability Exposure — from The D & O Diary
Wage & Hour
- Are Employer-Mandated Anger-Management Counseling Sessions Considered Compensable Time? — from The Blue Ink
- The 20% Rule for Tips is Back in the News — from Wage & Hour Insights
- FLSA Violations Provoke Criminal Referral — from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- NFL Cheerleaders Face Arbitration Motion — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Employers May Move Workers With High Medical Costs to Exchanges — from TLNT
Labor Relations
- Are Student Athletes “Employees”?? — from The Emplawyerologist
- Goodbye Precedent, Hello Forced Speech? — from Social Media Employment Law Blog