Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Alcoholism, Associational Discrimination, Retaliation, and Magic Words — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- “Drawing the Line Between Civil and Religious Rights” — via How Appealing
- The Death of the Class-Action Lawsuit? — via The Nation
- Can a company regulate employee weight and appearance? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- What employers need to know about transgender discrimination — via EmployerLINC
- Is Your Federal Contracting Business Covered by OFCCP Affirmative Action Rules? — via Tim McConville’s Labor and Employment Law Cocktail
- What’s your boss allowed to ask when you call in sick? — via Ask a Manager
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Facebook is expanding its workplace social network to hundreds of companies — via The Verge
- Justice Alito Says SCOTUS Is Clueless On New Tech, Which Makes Privacy Cases Even Harder — via Above the Law
- All Boards Need a Technology Expert — via Harvard Business Review
- New Key Terms for DoD’s New Cyber Security Regulations — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
- Did Volkswagen Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? — via Shear on Social Media Law
- All work and no smartphone play will dull your employees — via Ragan.com
HR & Employee Relations
- When terminating an employee, is a clean break better than a long limbo? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Trusting Human Resources: A Fantasy or a Necessity? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The Pope’s visit is a magnificent case for teleworking — via Wonkblog
- Sweden Experiments with Six Hour Working Day — via Inhouse Blog
- Juggling Work and Family During School Holidays — via Fathers, Work, and Family
- Say goodbye to the “Mad Men” office: How workplace flexibility & paid leave can transform the way we work — via Salon
- Your Employee’s Former Employer Just Sued You????? — via The Emplawyerologist
- “At Will” Employment vs. Right to Self-Defense — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
Wage & Hour
- Protecting the Sharing Economy: Creating an FLSA Dependent Contractor Status — via Doug Hass’s The Day Shift (p.s.: check out Doug’s new blog)
- Questions Answered About the Proposed FLSA Overtime Rule Change — via ERC Insights Blog
- Attempted self-help via internet leads to employer liability under the FLSA — via Employment Law Matters
- DOL to Pay $1.5 Million to Employer for Bad Faith Investigation — via Wage & Hour Insights
Labor Relations
- An Impractical and Dangerous Ruling — via New York Times
- Three Reasons Labor Unions Will Prevail — via Huffington Post
- “Union leaders are livid” — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- NLRB Now Requires Companies to Give Most Employee Witness Statements to Unions — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- NLRB Now Publishing Election Tallies Online — via Labor Relations Today
- OUR Walmart fights … OUR Walmart? — via LaborPains