Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- 5 things I don’t like about the EEOC’s “pay survey” proposal — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Five point checklist: sexual harassment and reducing liability in the workplace — via California Employment Law Report
- Is Ageism Sexist? FisherBroyles
- Muslim Employees Fired Over Prayer Breaks — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Yahoo’s Sketchy Termination Policy May Land Them in Hot Water — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Staying Awake is a Business Necessity for Any Employee — via Matrix Radar
- Religious Accommodations in the Workplace and Chinese New Year — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Don’t Tell Me You Love Me – Team Building Gone Wrong According To EEOC — via Health Employment and Labor
- USERRA: The Toothiest Fed Employment Law You Never Heard of — via In House
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Not Violated Unless Plaintiff Shows Defendant Had Intent To Defraud — via Trading Secrets
- Let’s Take a Look at Facebook at Work — via Workforce
- Law Firms Are Prey for Cybercriminal Predators — via Ride The Lightning
HR & Employee Relations
- Hire the Best People, and Let Them Work from Wherever They Are — via Harvard Business Review
- Why Remote Workers Really Makes Sense For Your Business — via TLNT
- One way women have it better than men at work — via Wonkblog
- Intern caught sleeping on his second day of work gets trolled by the entire Internet — via Boy Genius Report
- If I was the National HR Czar… — via The Tim Sackett Project
- What Should Be in Your Noncompete Agreement? — via Delaware Non-Compete Law Blog
Wage & Hour
- You Settled a Wage Claim Out of Court —and then You Got Sued???? — via The Emplawyerologist
- Breastfeeding at Work — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk: Best Practices for Handling Nursing Employees — via The Labor Dish
- Did You Hear the One About the “Joint Employer”? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Only One Presidential Candidate Pays His Interns… — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Unpaid Interns—Does the Second Circuit’s Amended Opinion in Fox Searchlight Help or Hurt Employers? — via Currents
- FMLA, Termination and the ADA — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- FMLA and Migraines and Facebook and other things that will make you want to click — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog
- Can Employees Be Disciplined When They Exceed the Frequency or Duration on Their FMLA Medical Certification? — via FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- “Theater of the Absurd: The NLRB Takes on the Employee Handbook” — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- 11th Circuit Overturns NLRB: Finds Atlanta-area Stagehands are Independent Contractors — via Labor Relations
- 11.1% of workers belong to a union, membership rate held steady in 2015 — via Business Management Daily
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- Workplace Violence Prevention: DHS Promotes “Active Shooter Preparedness” Programs – Is Your Company Ready? — via Employment Law Lookout
- Congress Reacts to Obama Administration Moves on Joint Employer Liability — via OSHA Law Blog