This week’s musical highlight comes courtesy of the Cleveland School of Rock Jr. Headliners. What can I say? I’m either a proud dad or a shill for my kid.
You can catch her live on April 3.
If you are interest in having your post featured in this month’s Employment Law Blog Carnival, email me your submission by Monday. The carnival goes live March 23.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Does my black face make me look more diverse? — via The Tim Sackett Project
- Lonely? Here Are Five Surefire Ways To Bring The EEOC To Your Door — via FisherBroyles
- An Employer’s Guide to Supporting Women in the Workplace — via ERC Insights Blog
- EEOC Continues Visible Stance on Sexual Orientation Discrimination Protection — via Currents
- EEOC Issues Even Newer Guidance on Discrimination Against Muslims — via California Employment Law
- Female lawyer with Republican boss? Go back to the kitchen! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- “BYOD”—the pitfalls of bring-your-own-device policies — via Technology for HR
- A Negative Review May Be Protected Activity Under U.S. Employment Law — via Socially Aware Blog
- Guest Post: Fidelity Bonds and Cybercrime Policies: 2015 Year in Review — via The D & O Diary
- How the Jennifer Lawrence iCloud hack really happened — via Boy Genius Report
- Boss pooped in people’s lunch bags and set off small bombs for fun — via Ask a Manager
- Amazon is using scare tactics to deter employee theft — via The Verge
- The C-Suite Responds: Are Piercings & Tattoos in the Workplace Still Taboo? — via Suzanne Lucas, Evil HR Lady
- Sleep On It: Employee’s Quick Response Hurts Termination Claim — via Suits by Suits
- Defamation and Termination — via Minnesota Employer
- Employee Investigation Best Practices — via The SHRM Blog
- The story of an overtime suit — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Wage and Hour Division’s Latest Newsletter Confirms Its Aggressive Approach — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- The DOL overtime rules changes go to final review. But, when might they take effect? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Trial by Fire: Unpaid Trial Periods for Prospective Employees — via Employment Discrimination Report
- The DOL Says You Might be a Horizontal Joint Employer — What? — via Janette Levey Frisch’s The Emplawyerologist
- A new salvo fired in the war on Independent Contractors — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Can A Salary “Build-In” Overtime Pay? — via Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- Employers No Longer Love Insuring Working Spouses — via Workplace Diva
- SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland on NLRB appeals — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Union Election Analysis Shows Evidence of NLRB Thumb on Scale — via LaborPains
- A Pro-Union Year in Review of the Labor Movement — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- McDonald’s Joint-Employer Dispute Heads to Trial — via WSJ Law Blog
- McDonald’s Joint-Employer Hearing — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Why the NLRB Should Matter To You if You’re Still Union-Free — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The NFLPA Caught The Rams Trying To Short Players By Writing Missouri Labor Laws Into Contracts — via Deadspin
- It’s Time for Employers Go to the Next level In Preventing Workplace Violence and Could OSHA Actually Shut Down A Violent Donald Trump Rally? — via TLNT
- New workplace safety and environmental crime initiative will use cross-enforcement — via HR Hero Line
- OSHA, FCC Closing in on Best Safety Practices for Communications Tower Workers — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Cites D.C. Hotel for Numerous Worker Safety Violations, Proposes $76,700 in Fines — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- OSHA issues new whistleblower investigations manual with aggressive new standard — via EmployerLINC