It’s been awhile since I’ve updated everyone on when and where you can hear me speak, and I’ve got a bunch coming up in the next few weeks. So, here you go:
- Later today, I’m presenting on managing generational issues in the workplace at the Lakeland Community College 8th Annual Small Business Symposium.
- On June 10, at 2 pm, I’m presenting a webinar on how to create a safer, OSHA-compliant workplace, for HRdirect.
- On June 16, at noon, I’m presenting a webinar on OSHA compliance and workplace safety, for the West LegalEdcenter.
- On June 17, at 1 pm, I’m part of a panel webinar on the NLRB’s new “quickie” election rules, for Strafford.
Discrimination
- Five harassment “must haves” for employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Caitlyn Jenner’s Unveil Forces the Discussion of Transgender at Work — via Blogging4Jobs
- Employer’s search for “devious defecator” backfires after suspects sue under genetic privacy law — via ABA Journal
- Is It OK To Ask An Older Job Candidate If She Can Handle Supervising Young People? — via Evil Skippy at Work
- New DOL rules could blacklist fed contractors — via Business Management Daily
- Allergic At Work Is Not Allergic To Work — via The Labor Dish
- This employer had a “no pregnancy in the workplace” policy. No, really. It did. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Employee Stressed Out By Manager Is Not Disabled And May Be Terminated — via Employment Law Worldview
- Now you know: rent two not one units for employee lodging — via Overlawyered
- Should Companies Be Giving Fitbits To Employees? — via Workplace Diva
- How Wearable Technology Will Affect the Workplace — via Employment Intelligence
- More Bosses Expected To Track Their Staff Through Wearables In The Next 5 Years — via Forbes
- The Inbox – Orwell’s Big Brother Has An App For That — via Suits by Suits
- Aspects of Private Social Media Groups May Be Protectable Under Illinois Trade Secret Law — via Trading Secrets
- Flexibility and Job Satisfaction: Are Employers Listening? — via Next Blog
- June 1, 2015, Hazardous Communication Requirements Now In Effect — via OSHA Law Blog
- Is Your Employee’s Injury Reportable Under OSHA? — via The Emplawyerologist
- Planning Maternity or Paternity Leave: A Professional’s Guide — via Harvard Business Review
- How Fowl! Is An Employee’s Text and His Girlfriend’s Report Enough to Establish Notice of Need for FMLA Leave? Not So Fast… — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Can An Employee Assert State Law Wage Claims Based on Alleged Wrongful Tax Withholding? — via Minnesota Employer
- Department of Labor Seeks Information about Employees’ Use of Smartphones — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Survey Shows Corporate Counsel Especially Fear Class Actions: With Good Reason! — via Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- General Release Obtained By Defendant in Non-FLSA State Court Case Did Not Waive FLSA Claims — via Overtime Law Blog
- NLRB Issues Charge Against Ikea — via Labor Relations Today
- NLRB Ambush Election Rules Upheld by Texas Federal Court — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- Worse Than Feared … NLRB Reports First Month of Ambush Election Rules Yields More Petitions, Dramatically Quicker Elections — via Management Memo
- Federal Court affirms that federal contractors have to inform workers of unionization rights — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions