Cleveland is popping. We landed the 2016 Republican Convention. We keep showing up on national “best of” lists—best city to visit, best food, best beer…. Our urban renaissance continues at warp speed. We’re even revitalizing the Flats. And, one week from tomorrow, April 11, Rock Week starts, in honor of my city’s triennial hosting of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Rock Week kicks off with an awesome event. All day April 11, the Rock Hall will open its door for anyone and everyone to enter … free. The event, which the Rock Hall has dubbed Celebration Day, will feature two stages of music, food trucks, family programming and caps with fireworks in Voinovich Park.
At 2:30 pm, School of Rock will perform a set of music by 2015 inductee Joan Jett, featuring (among others) Norah Hyman on guitar and vocals. If you’re looking for something fun to do as we wait for spring to, well, spring, stop by the Rock Hall on April 11 and see my girl strum, sing, and rock. Here’s a small taste.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Young v. UPS
- The ADAAA, Young v. UPS, and the new state of pregnancy accommodation law — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Pregnancy accommodation FAQs for employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- What Connecticut Employers Need To Know About Young v. UPS — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Discrimination
- Tim Cook: “Religious Freedom” laws are pro-discrimination — via TiPb
- Transgender Discrimination? He Said, She Said… — via The Employment Brief
- Hiring for Culture Fit: Discrimination by Another Name? — via In House
- 4th Circuit Holds Social Anxiety May Be Disability Under the ADA — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- Disabilities that pose a “direct threat” in the workplace — via EmployerLINC
- Caregivers are protected from associational discrimination — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- (Un)Equal Protection: Why Gender Equality Depends on Discrimination — via Ross Runkel Report
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Your ex-employee won’t tell you the password to your company’s LinkedIn page. Now what? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Wearables in the office: Security risk? — via Business Management Daily
- The Enemy Within: Five Strategies For Protecting Your Data From Rogue Employees — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
- Eight Keys for Developing a Data Breach Response Plan — via netWORKed Lawyers
- What the Difference Between Information Security and Cybersecurity? — via Ride The Lightning
- Cybersecurity: FINRA’s Take — via Above the Law
- Social Media Searches: Go Beyond the Google — via Litigation PostScript. Persuasion Strategies for Litigators
HR & Employee Relations
- I Didn’t Come to Work Because I Dreamed I Got Fired — via Workplace Insights
- My Employee Suddenly Became Gluten Intolerant — via Evil Skippy at Work
- When You Have to Let People Go, Do It With “Professional Kindness” — via TLNT
- Is Work Flexibility Already Trickling Into Your Office? — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- The Love Contract – Taking the Romance Out of Office Trysts — via The Labor Dish
- Litigation Update: FCRA Claim Against Paramount is Thrown Out — via employeescreenIQ Blog
- A new employer obligation to provide predictable scheduling? — via Overlawyered
- In surprise show of support, filibuster-proof Senate majority backs paid sick leave — via Wonkblog
Wage & Hour
- PTO – I Use It or I Lose It (Mentally, That Is) — via Rob Schwartz’s Dad Working
- Ninth Circuit Creates Circuit Split Regarding FLSA Classification of Sales Advisor Position — via Wage and Hour Law Update
- The Department of Labor Investigates Retailers’ Relationships with Janitors — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Secret Service Hit with Overtime Suit on Off-The-Clock Work — via Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and Wage and Hour Law — via Wage & Hour Insights
- When — and How– to Require Certification of FMLA Leave Requests — via The Emplawyerologist
Labor Relations
- President Obama Vetoes Senate Joint Resolution Disapproving NLRB’s New Union Election Rules — via Employment Law Worldview
- NLRB to weigh in on high-stakes McDonald’s labor dispute — via The Hill
- Legislation Allowing Unionized Companies to Give Merit Raises Introduced in Congress — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- #Nextchat RECAP: Are College Athletes Students or Employees? — via Next Blog