- Impressive New Hire Figures Out Bare Minimum Of Work Job Requires On First Day
- Boss Able To Seamlessly Blend Constructive Criticism With Personal Attacks
- Company Flat-Out Asks Female Candidate How Much Mileage They Can Get Out Of Her Before She Has Baby
- Jeff Bezos Assures Amazon Employees That HR Working 100 Hours A Week To Address Their Complaints
- HR Director Reminds Employees That Any Crying Done At Office Must Be Work-Related
- HR Sends Out Reminder Email About Not Scrawling ‘Revenge’ In Blood In Conference Room
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Pre-Employment Drug Tests Were Not Medical Examinations Under ADA, Federal Court Holds — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Something wrong with a little bump ‘n’ grind. Sexual harassment, perhaps. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Fifth Circuit Establishes “Snapshot” and Contemporaneous Documentation Requirements for Employers — via Laconic Law Blog
- Alcoholism and the ADA — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Employees Under The Influence: Disabled But Not Unfireable — via Employment Discrimination Report
- Can a Corporation Pursue a Retaliation Claim? — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADA and accommodating peanut allergies at work — via Next Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Cyber Insurance: Why You Need It If Your Organization Collects Consumer Data — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
- Future Friday: Does telecommuting cause a digital divide? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Status Updates: People-rating app proves unpopular; new tech automates compelling-photo selection; Twitter 101 for the political class — via Socially Aware Blog
- Twitter’s Seemingly Unsociable Approach To Layoffs — via Workplace Diva
HR & Employee Relations
- Can You Keep a Secret in Human Resources? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- If You Don’t Get a Flu Shot, You’re a Jerk — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Will Employees be Grateful for Time Off this Thanksgiving? — via ERC Insights Blog
- Flex Work and Telework: It’s About Time to Kick the Excuses to the Curb — via TLNT
- LinkedIn's Unlimited Vacation Time Comes With an Asterisk — via In House
- Compliance Is a Part of Business — via hr bartender
- Creating a Better Background Check for Your Business — via Workplace Insights
- Amazon hopes to improve workplace with daily feedback from its white collar employees — via The Verge
- Think Before You Shoot on Noncompete: Why The Threatening Letter May Not Be Your First Move — via Currents
Wage & Hour
- The FLSA and the Primary Duty: Classifying Employees Working Both Exempt and Non-Exempt Jobs — via Doug Hass’s The Day Shift
- Sixth Circuit Holds That Worm Farmers Exempt from Overtime Requirements of FLSA — via Wage and Hour Law Update
- A WARNing to Directors and Officers — Failure to give proper WARN Act notice may breach your fiduciary duty — via Employment Matters Blog
- L.A. eateries adopt surcharge for employee health, get charged with price fixing — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Negative comments about FMLA use? Call your lawyer because you will be sued — via Business Management Daily
Labor Relations
- Verizon Issues Mobile App to Help Document Unlawful Acts by Striking Employees — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- More About Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Card Check Proposal — via Labor Relations Today
- Unions and NLRB Procedures Threaten Community Rehabilitation Programs — via Tim McConville’s Labor and Employment Law Cocktail