One of the benefits my kids get from going to a K – 12 school is the experience of varsity high-school sports. Don’t get me wrong, Lake Ridge Academy is far from an athletic powerhouse. The school is much more focused on academics and fine arts than sports. However, once in a while, a team catches fire, and, when it does, my kids get to hitch a ride.
Right now, the girls’ basketball team is that team. Tomorrow night, we play Cornerstone Christian (a team we beat in January) for the right to go to Columbus for the State Division IV Final Four. It will be the school’s first ever trip to the Elite Eight in any sport. The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram recaps the thrill of last night’s 41 – 40 come-from-behind victory over the state’s top ranked team.
Go Royals.
Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say a thank you to the student from Perry High School who, after I arrived to a very full parking lot, let me park in the press lot after I told her I was a blogger. This is the post I promised you.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Legal or illegal, companies don’t have to tolerate LGBT discrimination at work — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Does Title VII Itself Discriminate? — via Next Blog
- Chris Rock’s #OscarsSoWhite monologue: Don’t try this at work — via EntertainHR
- Talking About Race at Work — via Harvard Business Review
- Sexual Harassment — via Next Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Single Mom Alleges Yelp Fired Her For Taking Time Off to Tend to Sick Boyfriend in ICU and Yelp Fires Back on Social Media at Single Mom It Fired — via Chris McKinney’s Texas Employment Law Blog
- Gmail can scan images to stop confidential data being leaked — via Engadget HD
- Why your employees need social media training — via Ragan.com
- Cybersecurity: A Learning Gap in the C-Suite? — via Law.com - In-House Counsel
- The Confused Role of Lawyers in Modern Cyberwarfare — via Technologist
HR & Employee Relations
- Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Everywhere All the Time, Including in the Workplace – What’s an Employer to Do? — via Employment Matters Blog
- Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of employees? The Shadow knows. — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- If You’re Going To Be A Jerk At Work, Be A Consistent Jerk — via Workplace Diva
- 5 Ways to Create a More WorkHuman Workplace! — via The Tim Sackett Project
- 5 Ways to Increase the Accountability of Your Remote Workers — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Graceful exits — via EmployerLINC
- SeaWorld Sent Out Spies. Does Your Competitor? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Protecting Trade Secrets From Theft By Ex-Employees — via Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
- The Emotional Component of Restrictive Covenant Litigation — via Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
Wage & Hour
- Washington Football Team Sues Former Player For Extra Severance Pay They Accidentally Gave Him — via Deadspin
- Uberization Of The Workplace, Part 3: Uberization Of Employer/Employee/Independent Contractor Relationships – View From The DOL — via Employment Essentials
- What’s Good for the Goose: Members of Congress Will Face Challenges in Complying With the DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rules — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
Labor Relations
- Labor Board Breaks Labor Law — via LaborPains.org
- Lunch with the Boss Now Protected Concerted Activity? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The employer’s “honest belief,” protected concerted activity, and mixed motive cases under the NLRA — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Will the Supreme Court now turn against employment arbitration? — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Can Employees Engage in Union Organizing in Mixed-Use Areas Where Work and Non-Work Activity Occurs? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- NLRB’s Latest Statistics – Union Elections Faster After Ambush Election Rules — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- NLRBs Excelsior rule enters the electronic age — via Technology for HR
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- Powered Truck Group Renews Alliance with OSHA — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Enforcement Program Targets Midwest Manufacturing Industries — via OSHA Law Blog