One of the curricular pieces I love about my kids’ school is that they start foreign language in kindergarten. My daughter, Norah, is now in her 4th year of French (which she gets every other day), and my son, Donovan, gets both French and Spanish, alternating each day.
When we attending Norah’s first parent/teacher conference when she was in kindergarten, I remember her French teacher telling us all about the play that would cap their year. I sat in disbelief as she explained how the kids would perform “La Poule Maboule” (Chicken Little), all in French. Imagine my surprise a few months later when I sat at school and watched the kids masterfully pull it off.
Now, three years later, the performances are no longer a surprise, but are still a delight to experience how little minds soak up foreign languages.
So, I present Donovan’s kindergarten class performing “La Poule Maboule,” and Norah’s 3rd grade class performing “Comment y Aller.”
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Well, that stinks! Doo-doo creates a discrimination claim. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- When Are Reasonable Accommodations NOT Required For a Disabled Employee? — via Minnesota Employer
- EEOC Launches Digital Charge System — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Does Title II of the ADA Apply to Employment? Two Views — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Timing of termination creates question of fact in association discrimination case — via EmployerLINC
- EEOC Denied Inspection Of Employer’s Premises — via Workplace Class Action Litigation
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Regulatory Update: DOJ and SEC Issue Privacy and Cybersecurity Recommendations — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
- Social Media Assets in Bankruptcy: Facebook and Twitter Accounts Subject to Reach of Creditors — via Socially Aware Blog
- Five Key Social Media Questions All Health Care Employers Should Consider: Question #1: When is it okay to fire an employee for a social media post? — via netWORKed Lawyers
- The poisonous nature of too much of our online dialogue — via Minding the Workplace
- One-third of jobs will be replaced by robots — via Inhouse Blog
- You can’t spell “idiot” without IoT (Internet of Things) — via The Verge
HR & Employee Relations
- How to Keep Your Office Weird, Without Getting Sued — via In House
- Millennials want a work-life balance. Their bosses just don’t get why. — via Washington Post
- Unlimited Vacation, Free Beer and Kids at Work. Is this the Future Workplace? — via Rush on Business
- People Are Not Trade Secrets — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
- Making the Case for Pre Employment Personality Tests — via Newton Software Blog
- What do you do with old personnel records? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Arbitration … be careful what you ask for — via Michigan Employment Law Connection
Wage & Hour
- Study: minimum wage hurt employment, earnings, mobility for low-skill workers — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- NFL Cheerleaders To Be Deemed “Employees” And Protected Under Proposed Law — via Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- FLSA Exemption Changes: More On Salaried-Employee Alternatives — via Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Wage and Hour Basics Series: Penalties for FLSA Non-Compliance — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Proposed overtime rule has been sent to OMB — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Intermittent FMLA — and More Recurring Issues — via The Emplawyerologist
Labor Relations
- Inside the Case That Could Hold McDonald’s Responsible for Union-busting — via Workplace Fairness
- Cleaning Up Your Employee Handbooks, NLRB-Style — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Employer beware: NLRA rulings often conflict with existing employer policies — via Technology for HR