With politicians talking about job creation, you would hope government would make it easy to hire people. But the opposite is true. There are a thousand questions you may not ask when hiring someone… “how long have you been working?” or “how tall are you?” could get you into big trouble.Pop some corn, or, if you’re out and about on a summer Friday eve, set your DVR, to get your seven-minute fix of Hyman on employment law.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Post-trial maneuvering in a discrimination verdict — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- “Must-haves” for your harassment investigation — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- SCOTUS ruling on religious garb puts employers in a double bind — via HR Café
- Your employee has a fragrance allergy. What does the ADA require you to do? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- State of Ohio Jumps in and “Bans the Box” For All Civil Service Jobs — via TLNT
- Keep God in Your Heart-and Off Your LinkedIn Profile — via Suzanne Lucas at Inc.com
- Zoo employee fired over “racist” social-media post — via wpxi.com
- OSHA and Workplace Violence — via The Emplawyerologist
- MOVE Act Introduced; Non-Compete Agreements Would Be Limited, if Passed — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Enforcing a Noncompete Agreement Takes More Than Bluffing — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Men Are Struggling With Work-Family Balance, Too — via Huffington Post
- Planning Maternity or Paternity Leave: A Professional’s Guide — via Harvard Business Review
- Online Background Check Disclosure Form Did Not Violate the FCRA — via Laconic Law Blog
- Employee Resigns: Walk Them Out the Door Or Let Them Work a Notice? — via Fistful of Talent
- 5 New Rules for the World of Work — via Blogging4Jobs
- SCOTUS takes another class action case — via Ross Runkel Report
- HR 101: Are You Classifying Your Independent Contractors Correctly? — via TLNT
- General Release May Not Preclude FLSA Claims Says Fifth Circuit — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Five most targeted industries for government wage and hour audits — via California Employment Law Report
- Even for Hourly Workers, Calculating the “Regular Rate” Can Be Complex — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Intern Settlement Is a Blockbuster — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- 3d Cir. Rules on FMLA Definition of Overnight Stay — via Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Court Imposes FMLA Catch-22 — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- How the NLRB’s “Quickie” Election Rule Is Impacting Workplace Elections — via TLNT
- “6th Circuit says Michigan tribe subject to federal labor laws” — via How Appealing
- English-Only Rules – A New Unfair Labor Practice — via Employment Essentials
- Hey NLRB: WTF? That Means “Why The Foolishness?” What Did You Think it Meant? — via The Employment Brief
- Why labor groups genuinely believe they can unionize McDonald’s one day — via Wonkblog