In my never-ending quest to turn my legal blog into a promotional blog for my daughter’s nascent music career, I bring you the debut performance of this year’s School of Rock Jr. Headliners — Sunday, December 6, from 4 to 8 pm, at Coda (a new, and supposed very cool, music venue owned by Cleveland chef and restaurateur Dante Boccuzzi).
For the uninitiated, the Jr. Headliners is SoR’s audition-only band for kids 8th grade and under (there is another Headliner band for high schoolers, which will also be on the bill). Norah earned her spot on her vocal chops.
Here’s a tease from the band’s “preview” performance at SoR’s annual Halloween bash — Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl.
My standing offer is still good. If you’re at the gig, say hi, and mention the blog, your next drink of choice is on me.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- EEOC Has Attendance Point Systems in its Sights New York Labor and Employment Law Report
- Those Anti-Muslim Rants Are Going To Get You Sued — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Pregnancy does not eliminate promotion — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Disability Bias: Changing Employer Attitudes And Perceptions — via FisherBroyles
- Just When Does the Statute of Limitations Begin to Run in an ADA Employment Claim? — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- What Should You Do When Your Problem Employee Suddenly Suffers A Work Injury? — via Employment Essentials
- What Is Constructive Discharge? — via Minnesota Employer
- Federal Court Holds Female Employee Has No Sexual Harassment Claim Despite Being Flashed — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Fake sick days on the rise, but Facebook is helping spot fibbers — via Business Management Daily
- As a social-media-nerd employment lawyer, this one has me shakin’ my head. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Pope Francis: Don’t use your phones at the dinner table — via Engadget Mobile
- Emoji (and the law): The Oxford Dictionary Word of The Year — via Shear on Social Media Law
- Nerds Develop Formula to Replace HR Managers — via All in a Day’s Work
- Delaware Enacts Comprehensive Online Privacy Protection Law — via Privacy Law Blog
- Guarding against cybersecurity attacks is (not) as easy as ‘1-2-3′ — via Technology for HR
- Five Common Failures in Network Security — via Ride The Lightning
HR & Employee Relations
- BEFORE YOU FIRE: 20 questions every employer should ask — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Offering Employee Assistance in Wake of Paris Attacks & Other Traumatic Events — via Blogging4Jobs
- Coworker Sabotoging Your Office? — via Business.com
- How Long Must HR Keep Employee Records? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Think Domestic Violence is Not a Workplace Issue? Might Want to Re-Think That… — via The Emplawyerologist
- Casual Friday: Make Sure Your Employees Keep it Classy — via Currents
- Generational Differences Are Real — via SocialFish
- On Telework Fence? Tools To Push You Off — via Families and Work Institute Blog
Wage & Hour
- DOL Indicates That New White Collar Exemption Overtime Rule May Not Go Into Effect Until Late 2016 — via Employment Matters Blog
- Have We Now Seen The Last Of “Bag Check” Class Actions? — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Volunteers and the FLSA: When Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work — via Doug Hass’s The Day Shift
- DOL Continues to Warn Employers of Investigation of Systemic FMLA Issues — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- Not all employers hate unions. These ones are trying to save them. — via Wonkblog
- It Really Like To Deal With The NLRB’s New Quickie Election Rules (Part 1) — via Labor Relations
- When Labor Law and Social Media Collide, Who Wins? — via Technologist
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- OSHA moving forward on its liberalized joint-employer standard — via Meyers Roman’s Ohio OSHA Law Blog
- Commission to Test OSHA’s Use of Its General Duty Clause for Enforcement — via OSHA Law Blog
- Passing out at the sight of blood could lead to a “recordable” OSHA event. — via Employment Law Matters
- OSHA Updates Whistleblower Protection Guidelines, Invites Comment — via In House
- OSHA targets more manufacturing industries for amputation inspections — via Employment & Labor Insider