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Here’s the rest of what I read this week (and last week):
Discrimination
- Real and Spectacular! A true Seinfeld-ian claim of sexual harassment — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- An in-depth look at the EEOC’s new Enforcement Guidance on pregnancy — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- Pregnant at work: How you’re protected — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Not a “team player” … or sex discrimination? — from EmployerLINC
- Is pregnancy a disability? The true false version — from Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Hiring Discrimination and Religion: Recent Studies — from Workplace Prof Blog
- Can My Employer Ban Me From Speaking Spanish To Co-Workers? — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- How NOT to Produce Facebook Evidence — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Top 10 Social Media Mistakes Made by Supervisors — from Next Blog
- Are You Googling Job Candidates? When You Do, Everyone Loses — from TLNT
- How I’m Trying to Manage My Online Brand — from You’re the Boss Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- What an Employment Lawyer Can Learn From Minecraft (or Not) — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Work-Life Balance: PepsiCo CEO Says It's a Myth — from Employment Lawyer Blog
- No One Should Have to Choose Between Caregiving and Work — from Harvard Business Review
- Telecommuting Will Increase by 21% by 2016 — from Blogging4Jobs
- How Difficult Is It To Sue Your Employer? — from Evil Skippy at Work
- I was fired for taking a 15 Minute dump — from The Tim Sackett Project
- July BTW: Two New FCRA Class Actions & The Problem with Ban the Box — from employeescreenIQ Blog
Wage & Hour
- Employee lawsuit targeting Apple for unpaid wages gets class action status — from The Verge
- FLSA “Per Diem” Claims On The Rise — from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Paralegal’s suit claims law firm should have paid for overtime — from ABA Journal Daily News
- Violating the FLSA may send you to jail — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Costly Wage And Hour Mistakes — from Overtime Lawyer Blog
- Defense Appropriations “Wage Theft” Amendment May Bar Employers with FLSA Violations from Defense Contracts — from Wage & Hour Insights
- The FMLA and the “Personal Staff” Exemption — from The Employment Brief
- Obamacare Opinions Galore! — from Phi Miles’s Lawffice Space
Labor Relations
- Subway Franchise Workers Unionize — from Labor Relations Today
- NLRB Overturns Decert Election Based On Employer’s “Promises” Of 401(k) — from Labor Relations Update
- NLRB Seeks to Rewrite Legal Standard to More Easily Find Joint Employer Relationships — from Matt Austin Labor Law
- Macy’s Department Store Workers Allowed to Unionize — from All in a Day’s Work