Gawker wants to know, “What’s the Grossest Thing You've Ever Done at Work?” Me? I very accidentally walked in on a very naked octogenarian. You? Share in the comments, or on Twitter with the hashtag #grossatwork.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Pick a number, any number: $185 million for pregnancy bias — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Employers Must Treat Pregnant Workers Mindfully to Avoid Compliance Challenges — via Smart HR Manager
- Personal desktop printers: convenience or reasonable accommodation? — via Technology for HR
- Senators Grill EEOC General Counsel Lopez In Confirmation Hearings W— via orkplace Class Action Litigation
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- The NLRB and the EEOC are primed to sue you for using social media in the hiring process — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Does Your Technology Match Your Culture? — via SocialFish
- Facebook Testing New Service Designed For Workplace Use — via TLNT
- Is it against the law to remote wipe an employee's Candy Crush high score? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Fitbit data is being used as evidence in court — via The Verge
- When inappropriate texts aren’t harassment — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- The Inbox - Love Me Tinder — via Suits by Suits
- Teacher’s Racist Twitter Rant and the Law — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
HR & Employee Relations
- “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Workers Gave Up $52 Billion In Vacation, is it Time to End 20th Century Vacation Policies? — via Blogging4Jobs
- OSHA Warns Retailers It Expects Better Than Business as Usual on Black Friday — via Employer Defense Law Blog
- I Love Sports References in the Workplace — via Next Blog
- Planning your workplace holiday party? Read this first! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Chick-fil-A Manager Loses His ****, Posts Ban of Slang Words in Store — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Workplace of the Future? Citi’s Experiment — via Families and Work Institute Blog
- A Working Father’s Response — via DOL’s Work in Progress
Wage & Hour
- FLSA Suit Against Supervisors Barred by 11th Amendment Workplace Prof Blog
- Employees of New York City Strip Club Dance Off With $10M Employment Law Worldview
- Wage Theft Continues To Plague Workers Overtime Lawyer Blog
- And Another One: Conde Nast Settles Intern Pay Lawsuit In House
- Employee wage, time off, and benefit issues that arrive with winter storms HR Hero Line
- What is Off-the-Clock Work? Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
Labor Relations
- Wal-Mart Labor Struggles to Result in Black Friday Protests — via Workplace Prof Blog
- VW Implements New Labor Policy, Potentially Paving Way For UAW — via Labor Relations Today