If you find yourself on the west side of Cleveland on the afternoon of September 12 or 13, stop by The Brothers Lounge to check out my kids’ latest rock ‘n’ roll adventure.
Norah will be performing in School of Rock’s “Left of the Dial” show, featuring the pre-Nirvana alt sounds of The Replacements, R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr., Echo and the Bunnymen, and others. To whet your musical appetite, here’s a 15-second clip of Norah crushing the lead vocals on Concrete Blonde’s “Bloodletting”.
Also, stick around for my son Donovan’s musical debut, tickling the keys in the Rock 101 band with songs by The Who, Foo Fighters, and Linkin Park. If you stop, say hi, and mention the blog, I might even buy you a beer.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Five Things An Employer Should Do After Receiving a Charge of Discrimination — via Minnesota Employer
- Under the ADA, can you fire an alcoholic who doesn’t request treatment? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Ability to get along with others is an “essential function” under the ADA — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Commitment to diversity doesn’t prove bias — via Business Management Daily
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Why Ballot Selfies Are A Terrible Idea For Workers — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Man Sends Naked Selfies to Prospective Employer — via Time
- Judge Expresses Frustration With Overbroad Discovery Requests for Social Media Evidence–Farley v. Callais — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog
- Labor Law Developments That Will Shake Technology, Media and Telecommunications Employers — via Technology Company Counselor
- The Ashley Madison Breach: Cybersecurity Nightmare, or Wake Up Call For Employers? — via TLNT
- Cyber boogeyman—internal or external threat? — via Technology for HR
HR & Employee Relations
- The Art of the Apology: Saying “Sorry” in the Workplace — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The on-air shootings at WDBJ-TV: When bad things happen to good employees — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Should Employment Lawyers Advise Clients on Workplace Violence Issues? — via California Employment Law
- Four-Day Workweeks: A Fulcrum for Work/Life Balance — via Blogging4Jobs
- Four-day work weeks are growing in popularity and you’ll absolutely love them — via BGR
- How Do We Make Unlimited Time Off Work, Work? — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- One Size Fits All? The Case for Unified Employment Policies for Multi-State Employers — via Employment Matters Blog
Wage & Hour
- What the Browning-Ferris Decision May Forecast for Wage and Hour Law — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Is the Contract Worker Golden Age Coming to an End? — via In House
- Employee or Independent Contractor? 3d Cir. FLSA Edition — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Fight for $15: the strategist going to war to make McDonald’s pay — via The Guardian
- OSHA Means Business in Targeting the Health Care and Nursing Care Industries — via OSHA Law Update
Labor Relations
- If Employees, Uber Drivers Could Organize into a Union — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- NLRB: we’re coming after franchisors and subcontractors — via Overlawyered
- New NLRB Joint Employers Test – Why It Matters For OSHA — via OSHA Law Update
- What Did the NLRB Say in its Ruling on Joint Employment–and Why? — via The Emplawyerologist
- Five Practical Issues Browning-Ferris Creates for Employers — via Labor Relations Today
- NLRB’s “Joint Employer” Case Matters to Non-Union Employers, Too — via What's New in Employment Law?