I was supposed to be in New York City today being interviewing for tonight’s episode of 20/20. I would have discussed the workplace implications of Wednesday’s murder of two Virginia journalists by their former co-worker. While I was on my way to the airport yesterday, I received a phone call letting me know that direction of the show changed, and that my segment was bumped. Thank you to the nice people at ABC News who reached out to me. I’ll catch you next time.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Employers: The Threat of Age Discrimination Claims is Real! — via The Emplawyerologist
- When Labeling An Employee “Male” May Not Be Good Enough Anymore — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Another Federal Circuit Court Rejects Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation — via Minnesota Employer
- ADA accommodations for deaf employees in safety-sensitive positions — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Can Employees Trust Human Resources? Maybe That’s Not the Right Question? Timing of Reasonable Accommodation Request and Causation under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act Are Not the Same — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Reversal of Jury Verdict in Religious Discrimination Lawsuit – Divine Intervention or Judicial Mistake? — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Why the workplace of 2016 could echo Orwell’s 1984 — via The Guardian
- Why You Should Not Check to See if Employees are on Ashley Madison — via Heather Bussing, writing at HR Examiner with John Sumser
- Workplace etiquette after Ashley Madison: 8 tips for dealing with embarrassed colleagues — via Quartz
- Social Media E-Discovery: Are Your Facebook Posts Discoverable in Civil Litigation? — via Socially Aware Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- How to Limit the Damage When You Fire an Employee — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Can employees trust Human Resources? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Putting the Human in Human Resources — via Blogging4Jobs
- Game of War executive arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets — via The Verge
- Why You Should Be a Reluctant Workaholic: The Importance of Taking Vacation — via The Sociable Lawyer Blog
- The Workplace Culture That Flying Nannies Won’t Fix — via The New York Times
- “Ban-the-box” movement making its way across the country — via HR Hero Line
Wage & Hour
- Are Yelp Reviewers “Employees”? — via Workplace Prof Blog
- What Happens When I’m Forced to Go Non-Exempt? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Another FLSA case gets to trial based only on uncorroborated testimony — via Employer Law Report
- DC Circuit Reinstates DOL Rule Applying FLSA’s Minimum Wage and Overtime Provisions to Home Care Workers — via Wyatt Employment Law Report
- Requiring an Employee to Return from FMLA Leave "Without Restrictions" or "Fully Healed" Is Playing with Fire — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Did Obergefell settle the same-sex marriage issue? — via SCOTUSblog
- OSHA’s New Option for Resolving Whistleblower Complaints: What Employers Need to Know — via OSHA Law Update
Labor Relations
- NLRB case asks who's really the boss of subcontractors’ workers — via Los Angeles Times
- Board Finds That An Employee’s Brief Suspension Violated Labor Law — via Labor Relations Today
- The Face of Unions is Becoming Younger and More Educated — via Matt Austin Labor Law