The Internet was invented in 1983. It’s taken me 32 years to figure out why. The Internet was invented so that someone could replace audio of Darth Vader with audio of Donald Trump in Star Wars clips.
Darth Trump wins the Internet.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Workplace Bias in San Bernadino Massacre’s Wake — via CareerDiva, Eva Tahmincioglu
- Don’t let ADA stereotypes do to you what they did to this company — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Employees Under The Influence: Disabled But Not Unfireable — via Employment Discrimination Report
- SCOTUS to Hear Title VII Attorney's Fees Case — via Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Court says you can use your work computer however you like — via Boy Genius Report
- Accessing Employee Social Media Accounts a No-No in Connecticut — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Facebook Service Aimed at Professionals to Launch in Coming Months — via New York Times
- ACC Study: Almost One-Third of In-House Counsel Say They Have Had Data Breach — via Law.com
HR & Employee Relations
- 13 New Year's Resolutions for HR Professionals — via ERC HR Insights Blog
- It’s the 2015 workplace holiday party quiz! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- 5 Etiquette Tips for Your Holiday Office Party — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- You Can’t Have It Both Ways: Arbitration Agreement in Employee Handbook is Not Binding — via The Employment Brief
- To avoid a messy workplace theft investigation, can we just fire our prime suspect? — via Work Place Coach Blog News
- Are Workplace Anti-Bullying Laws Desirable? — via FisherBroyles
- The Employer Went Through Someone’s Desk — via Evil Skippy at Work
Wage & Hour
- Wage and hour violations not only costly they can lead to jail as well — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Tipping as progressive bugaboo — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Wage Wars: The Plaintiff’s Bar Awakens — via Currents
- FLSA Endangered Species: The Part-Time Exempt Employee — via Doug Hass’s The Day Shift
- Employee Tells a Co-Worker That He Plans to Misuse FMLA Leave. Court Says It's OK to Demote 'Em! — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- The NLRB's New Target: FLSA Settlement Agreements — via Wage & Hour Insights
- NLRB Finds Employer’s Ban on Cameras in the Workplace Unlawful — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- The Entire Labor Movement Should Be Paying Attention to Wisconsin's Kohler Strike — via Workplace Fairness
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- OSHA’s Top 10 Hit List: No. 9 — Machine Guarding — via Meyer Roman’s Ohio OSHA Law Blog
- Consider this OSHA: Eliminate Many Penalties and Create Safer Workplaces — via Workplace Safety and Health Law Blog
- OSHA Launches Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Webpage — via OSHA Law Blog