Yesterday afternoon was the Fall Play-In at my daughter’s school. It’s essentially a music recital for the kids in grades K – 5 who take private music lessons. Amid a chorus of Christmas and classical pieces on the grand piano, Norah rocked The Who’s I Can See For Miles on her Fender, which she recently started learning. Like always she’s her own toughest critic. To me, and everyone else there, she sounded great.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Employers Beware: EEOC’s 2015 Performance And Accountability Report Reaffirms Its Commitment To High Profile, Systemic Litigation — via Workplace Class Action Litigation
- Tipping as Employment Discrimination? — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Has The EEOC Found Another Easy Target? — via FisherBroyles
- Temporary Workers Entitled To Title VII Protections — via The Employment Brief
- The Price Tag for Settling Sex Discrimination Claims — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- What’s Wrong with This Job Description? Let Me Count the Ways — via Understanding the ADA
- AutoZone Can’t Confine ADA Suit Over Attendance “Points” System to Three Stores — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Survey: In-House Can’t Handle a Social Media Crisis — via In House
- Phuc Dat Bich gives Facebook definitive proof his name is real — via Boy Genius Report
- Employee Suspended For Tweet: What We Can Learn From This Real World Example — via Currents
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on DoD’s New Cyber Security Regulations — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
- What About a Tattoo As a “Wearable Device”? — via Blogging4Jobs
- Highlights from the Just-Published ILTA 2015 Technology Survey — via Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites
- Bring Your Own Debate: Balancing Risk and Reward in BYOD Policies — via Law.com
HR & Employee Relations
- BEFORE YOU SUE: 10 questions every employee should ask — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Being fair does not mean treating everyone the same — via Next Blog
- Need a Good Parental Leave Policy? Here It Is. — via Harvard Business Review
- The 5 Ws of Your Company’s Holiday Party — via ERC Insights Blog
- Collies in the cubicles? Exploring pros and cons of pets at work — via HR Hero Line
- Career Coach: In violent times, here’s how to bring peace to the workplace — via Monkey Cage
- Career ADHD: Is Employee Tenure Still Important? — via The Tim Sackett Project
Wage & Hour
- Wage and Hour lawsuits are on the rise and costly — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- FLSA Changes: Are You Ready? — via Intown Employer
- USDOL Is “Reaching Out” To Retail Workers — via Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Department of Labor Ramps Up Outreach To Retailers’ Employees — via The Day Shift
- Third Circuit on Compensation for Lunch Breaks — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Time to Review the Exempt Classification of Computer Employees? — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Fired you will be getting drunk, DUI, and arrested on an FMLA day — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- What You Need to Know About FMLA — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Employer’s Investigation of Misconduct Called Into Question Allowing FMLA Claims to Go to Trial — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Labor Relations
- The Strange Reason Walmart Hired a Defense Contractor — via Suzanne Lucas at Inc.com
- Secretary of Labor Misconstrues Advantages of Being in a Union — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- NLRB Considers Whether to Overrule 11-Year Old Precedent Holding That Graduate Students Are Not Employees Under the NLRA — via Labor Relations Today
- NLRB Steps Up Enforcement Against Class Action Waivers — via Labor Relations
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- Do you know? OSHA’s 10 most common violations — via Meyers Roman’s Ohio OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Seeks Comments on its Updated Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Anticipates Issuing Several New Final Rules in Early 2016 — via OSHA Law Blog