The Muppets present, 5 People You’ll Meet At Work.
Which one are you?
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Judge Titus Channels Inner Kenny Rogers in $1 Million EEOC Rebuke — via Employee Screen IQ
- Firing an employee for complaining on Facebook about discrimination = retaliation — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- Workplace religious accommodation, cont’d — via Walter Olson's Overlawyered
- Yes, employers may have to accommodate even “crazy” religious beliefs. — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
- Be careful what you ask on pre-employment tests to avoid a multimillion dollar EEOC action — via Employer Law Report
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Employee Shows Genitals to Co-Workers: Litigation Follows — via All in a Day’s Work
- Tool or distraction? Examining pros, cons of tech at work — via Technology for HR
- 7 ways to make internal comments work for you — via Ragan.com
- Future Friday: The world of work and the Internet of Things — via Next Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- Tom Brady Fallout—When Employees Win — via Employment Discrimination Report
- The Challenges Of Identifying Potential Workplace Violence — via NPR
- Eight Years Later: Three Big Changes in Employment Law — via Dan Schwartz's Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- 5 Ways To Make Yourself a Target Via Your Hiring Decisions — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Handbook Apocalypse! — via HR Professionals Magazine
Wage & Hour
- Is Amazon the Scapegoat in the Debate on Employee Leave Entitlements? What's the Lesson Here for Employers? — via Jeff Nowak's FMLA Insights
- Northeast Ohio Businesses Are Adjusting to the Changing Workplace, ERC Survey Finds — via ERC Insights Blog
- Is the Nine to Five Dying? — via Workplace Insights
Labor Relations
- NLRB Provides Newly-Certified Unions with Roadmap for Bringing Unfair Labor Practice Charges — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- DOL Pimping Unions — via Labor Relations Institute
- Why women may be the new face of labor unions — via CBS News
- Get Ready for Even Quicker ‘Quickie’ Elections—NLRB Abandons Requirement for Signed Authorization Cards — via LE Blog