Twice a year, my kids’ school invites any students in grades K – 5 who take private music lessons to perform in a recital for the entire Lower School. On Thursday, 16 students displayed their musical talents. We heard Christmas carols, standards, and classical pieces. And then Norah took the stage with Joan Jett’s Crimson and Clover:
If you're in Cleveland, you can see Norah perform this (and other Joan Jett songs) with her full band on Sunday, January 18 and Saturday, January 24, at the Music Box Supper Club.
Have you voted yet for this year’s ABA Blawg 100? You have until Dec. 19 to cast your vote here.
Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- The “Association” Game: How a Spouse’s Cancer May be Covered by the ADA — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Role reversal! EEOC must disclose its own background check policy to the employer it's suing — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- ENDA Getting a Turbocharge — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- What Not to Do If an Employee Requests an Accommodation — via Blogging4Jobs
- White People and Political Correctness — via Fistful of Talent
- Is It Religious Discrimination To Have A Christmas Tree At Work? — via Evil Skippy at Work
- The Origins of Sexual Harassment — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Is a dumb joke sexual harassment? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Expand pregnancy-bias law to include accommodation rights? — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Does Title VII Prohibit Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Discrmination? Definitely, Maybe. — via The Emplawyerologist
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Instagram is now bigger than Twitter — via The Verge
- Lawyers Left to their Own Devices — via Clio
HR & Employee Relations
- Man has 8 minutes to convince prostitutes to quit in new reality show — via Entertainment Weekly’s Ausiello Files
- FTC and EEOC Publish Background Check Guide for Job Applicants — via EmployeeScreenIQ Blog
- Why would I want to offer a severance benefit to a terminated employee? — via Employment Law Bits
- 10 oddest Christmas and holiday gifts given by co-workers, says Harris Poll — via Cleveland.com
- Can you keep your HR lady from moonlighting as an exotic dancer? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Wage & Hour
- The Changing Face of Paid-Time-Off ERC Insights Blog
- Buccaneers Will Stop Using Unpaid Homeless People To Sell Beer — via Deadspin
- States With Pro-Employee Laws: No Use-It-Or-Lose-It Vacation — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- When an Employee Falls Off a Ladder at Work, is His Absence Covered by FMLA? An Employer's Misstep Discussed… — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Unanimous Supreme Court Rules Employer Need Not Pay for Worker Security Screenings: Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk— via Wage & Hour Insights
Labor Relations
- NLRB Again Attempts to Invalidate Mandatory Arbitration Clauses for Employment Claims — via Employment Matters Blog
- Senate Confirms New Member of the National Labor Relations Board — via TLNT
- NLRB: Mercedes Violated Labor Law by Restricting Distribution of Union Material — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Board ALJ Hits Walmart With ULPs — via Labor Relations Today