Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- The “Dirty Dozen”: Top 12 employer harassment mistakes — via Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
- An employer-defendant argued that cancer — CANCER!!! — is not an ADA disability — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- “Oh Wow, You Look So Pretty I Can’t Even Concentrate” – Sexual Banter Or Sexual Harassment? — via Employment Discrimination Report
- My Muslim Co-Worker Gets Special Breaks — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Can You Get Compensatory and Punitive Damages in ADA Retaliation Claims — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- My boss makes us all keep kosher for Passover — via Ask a Manager
- A Lesson on the ADA: Engaging in Good Faith in the Interactive Process is Essential — via Employment Matters Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Creators of Siri working on Viv, a complex AI that can teach itself — via TiPb
- Will Baby Monitor Technology lead to Employee Monitoring? — via Blogging4Jobs
- The 21st Century Water Cooler: Discovery and Text Messages — via Abovethelaw.com
- Check Your Social Profile for These Lesser-Known Job-Killing Mistakes — via Lifehacker
- Should Employers Ban Email After Work Hours? — via Harvard Business Review
- Courts Warming up to Social Media — via Justice Judy
HR & Employee Relations
- Ban the Box Has Jumped the Shark- It’s Getting Ugly Employers — via employeescreenIQ Blog
- Yes, Dad’s DO Have It a Lot Easier in the Workforce — via TLNT
- Is Being a Good Parent and a Good CEO Impossible — via Fast Company
- 16 Dads 16 Experiences: This Is What Paternity Leave Looks Like in 2014 — via Fathers, Work and Family
- American Horror Story: Violence in the Workplace — via DOL’s Work in Progress
- Robin Williams and the Dark Side of Genius — via Evil HR Lady
- Don’t Panic: Workplace Worries Over Ebola Virus — via Corporate Counsel
- Anatomy of a Big-Time Noncompete Dispute — via Suits by Suits
Wage & Hour
- Wage-And-Hour Implications For Telecommuting — via Employment Essentials
- Seyfarth Shaw Attorneys Update Definitive Guide to Litigating Wage & Hour Lawsuits — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Did you know that having a migraine headache qualifies an employee for FMLA coverage? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Labor Relations
- Food, Folks, and Franchise-Wide Liability: NLRB Signals Intent to Pound Square Joint Employer Peg Into Round Franchise Hole — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- New Vista, NLRB Square Off In 3d Circuit — via Labor Relations Today
- NLRB Attacks Another Arbitration Agreement — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- The NLRB Goes To “Pot” – “The Board, Like Congress, Has The Authority To Regulate The Marijuana Industry” — via Management Memo
- NLRB Work Rule Decisions Continue to be a Mixed Bag — via Labor Relations Update