WIRTW #384 (the “survey” edition)

Have you taken my survey on FMLA intermittent leave and salaried exempt employees? If not, click here, and answer two short questions. Let’s see if this is a problem in need of a solution, or a non-issue.

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Discrimination

• EEOC wins most of discovery dispute in transgender case — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• Employment Discrimination Complaints Up Over 11 Percent in 2014-2015 — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• When Is Enough Leave … Enough? — via The Labor Dish
• ADA and the “Sports Association.” — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Do you have to pay employees who are off work for religious reasons? — via Employment Discrimination Report
• Common sense could save you time, money and a lawsuit — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions

Social Media & Workplace Technology

• When your recently-fired employee shares the secret sauce on Twitter — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Facebook “Unfriending” May Create Legal Liability — via Shear on Social Media Law
• Is LinkedIn helpful or headache? Blog post confessing disenchantment leads to connection requests — via ABA Journal Daily News
• Does Your Social Media Policy Need An Anti-Parasitic Drug? — via All in a Day’s Work

HR & Employee Relations

• Is The Six Hour Work Day the Key To Productivity? — via Suzanne Lucas, writing at Inc.
• Mood Rings, Magic 8-Balls & Employee Engagement — via Fistful of Talent
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Managing a Multigenerational Workforce — via Workplace Insights
• Should You Offer Your Employee a Forgivable Loan? — via The Emplawyerologist

Wage & Hour

• Overtime and Minimum Wages Under Ohio Law — via Cleveland Employment Law Blog
• DOL Promoting Timesheet App again on Official Blog — via The Day Shift

Labor Relations

• Workers shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to not fund union politics — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
• Uber Worker Classification Lawsuit Gets More Complicated with Appeal to NLRB — via SF Weekly
• BREAKING: Electronic Signatures Make Debut — via Labor Relations Institute
• 8th Circuit denies enforcement of NLRB decision regarding throat-slitting gesture — via Employment Law Matters
• Why Getting Handbooks Right Matters: NLRB Judge Holds Verizon’s Restrictions on Employee Communications During Non-Working Time Violate the NLRA — via Employment Matters Blog
• Employee Who Filed Lawsuit on Behalf of Other Employees Without Their Authorization Participated in “Concerted Activity” — via Matt Austin Labor Law
• Drug and Alcohol Testing May Contribute to Joint Employer Finding By NLRB — via Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
• Senator Alexander Accuses NLRB, OSHA of Coordinated Effort to Change the Law — via Labor Relations Today

OSHA

• Draft DOL Policy Lists ‘Economic Realities’ as Key OSHA Test of Joint Employer Status — via Jackson Lewis
• Is Your Health Care Facility Prepared for the Next Pandemic Disease? Failure to Prepare Could Lead to OSHA Liability — via OSHA Law Update
• OSHA Inspecting 40 Percent of Reported Injuries — via OSHA Law Blog