March Madness is now if full swing, with 20 games down, and 47 to go (at least as this post goes live). How’s your bracket doing? The always awesome Rhett Miller feels your pain (in song).
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Starbucks ‘Race Together’ promotion sparks controversy — via Ragan.com
- What’s your workplace retaliation IQ? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Why Does the EEOC Make Mistakes (Part I) — via Workplace Fairness
- A How-To Guide to Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Reasonable Accommodation — via Blogging4Jobs
- Sweeping ADA Ruling By The Fourth Circuit Should Make Employers Anxious — via Fitzpatrick on Employment Law
- Is Ban the Box Legislation Out of Control? — via employeescreenIQ Blog
- Federal judge reincarnates atheist’s religious bias claims — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook blog
- Parental Leave Can’t Just Be for Mothers — via Harvard Business Review
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Believe This? Poor Performing Employees Use Internet Explorer — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Employee fired via Twitter–before she even starts — via Business Management Daily
- Instant Messaging at Your Company: Convenient, but Problematic — via In House
- Biometric Time Keeping — via Employment Essentials
- Blogging Law I — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
HR & Employee Relations
- Vacation Daze: Leave ‘Em Alone — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- March Madness and Employment Law — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Collateral Estoppel and Unemployment Compensation Hearings — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Backlash To Sandwich Noncompetes: Three States Propose Bills To Limit, Ban Noncompetes — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- “Professional” Distinction: A New Approach To Bans On Non-Competes? — via Trade Secret Insider
- Ten Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Your Company’s Trade Secrets – Action Nine: Be Pro-Active and Preserve Evidence — via netWORKed Lawyers
Wage & Hour
- Don’t Touch Me or I’ll Sue: Another Huge Win for Unpaid Interns — via The L•E•Jer
- February Comes and Goes with No Action by DOL on New FLSA Regulations — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Another Step In The Right Direction: W.D. Ark. Permits Certain Types of Private FLSA Settlements — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- 525,600 Minutes of Overtime Consideration — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- What Are the Changes to the New FMLA Ruling? — via ERC Insights Blog
- Employer's Lack of FMLA Compliance in Handling FMLA Leave Request is a Lesson for the Rest of Us — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Suspension without pay may be a COBRA qualifying event — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Labor Relations
- NLRB High On Marijuana Labor Relations — via Above the Law
- NLRB Wants Former Employers to Pay for Job Search Expenses of Former Employees — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- More Unionization, More Employee Rights Coming — via Cleveland Employment Law Blog
- Teamsters and Technology II – Labor’s “Silicon Valley Rising” Campaign — via Management Memo
- Shockingly Dumb NLRB Political Move of the Year? — via Labor Relations Institute