Today is my 11th anniversary. I love my wife. That is all.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Gee Whiz! Sexual Harassment Claims Abound at Archie Comics – By Both Males and Females! — via Employment Discrimination Report
- 5th Circuit Weighs In On Religious Discrimination — via Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer
- Understanding Gender-Identity Discrimination — via Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Is AGE the hidden area of discrimination? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Why the majority and dissenting opinion in the Ninth Circuit case of Weaving v. City of Hillsboro both got it wrong — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- NYC: “‘Ban the Box’ bill worries businesses” — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Sexy ADA issue: Bad breakup may not justify employer-mandated medical exam — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Looking back on Zubulake, 10 years later — via Electronic Discovery Law
- How NOT to Produce Facebook Evidence — via Next Blog
- Dinging distracted drivers — via Technology for HR
- Delaware Adopts Model Law Allowing Social Media Accounts to be Inherited — via Ride The Lightning
HR & Employee Relations
- A Cold Shower for Workplace Ice Bucket Challenges? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- My Boss Talks About Killing People — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Telecommuting not as prevalent as you might think — via Business Management Daily
- How Family Support For Dads Also Helps Working Moms, Kids and Employers — via Fathers, Work and Family
- Don’t Treat Work-Life Balance as a Zero-Sum Game — via Lifehacker
- Common Mistakes that Derail Enforcement of a Noncompete Agreement — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Wage & Hour
- Under the FLSA, a Day Late is a Dollar Short — via Wage & Hour Insights
- How Do Wage and Hour Laws Apply to Telecommuting? — via Overtime Lawyer Blog
- Showdown With Showtime: Never Ask Professionals to Work for Free — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- The Growing Use of Statistical Analysis In FLSA Overtime/Misclassification Lawsuits — via Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- Can an Employer Persuade an Employee to Work Instead of Taking FMLA Leave Because Her Job is Really Important? — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Here’s why you provide a list of essential job functions when approving FMLA — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- 7th Circuit Rules Plaintiff Does Not Need Expert Testimony to Show Incapacitation in FMLA Claim — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- 3d Cir. on FMLA Right to Return to Work — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
Labor Relations
- Handbooks are Still Being Overly-Scrutinized by the NLRB — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- Harassment Investigations: New NLRB Decision Complicates Them Even More — via WinWinHR
- Cry “Solidarity” and Let Loose the NLRB: A Significant Expansion of the NLRA’s Protections — via Vorys on Labor