Happy April Fool’s Day.
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- “Lighten up, baby,” and other harassment “best practices” for employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- “Washed-Up” at 45? — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Hiring Felons: 6 Rules Employers Need to Know — via ERC Insights Blog
- New Complaint Highlights Continuing Battle over Pay Disparity by Gender in Sports — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Labels Are Everything: Characterizing Essential Functions of the Job Is a Critical Question — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- But all three VPs were men — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Company Discovers Another Great Way To Make Friends At The EEOC — via FisherBroyles
- Welcome to the intersection of ADA and FMLA — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Yelp! — via Next Blog
- Malware Is Infiltrating Businesses Through Social Media — via Technologist
- Beware of Email Requests from the C-Suite to Transfer Employee Data — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- Social Media-Based Screening and FCRA — via Employment Law Navigator
- Perils of ambiguous, inconsistently enforced social media policies — via Technology for HR
- CNBC taught a horribly botched lesson in password security — via Engadget HD
- Leave No E-mail Unturned in Trade Secret and Non-Compete Cases — via Trading Secrets
- What’s Social Media Got to Do With HR? — via HR Gazette
HR & Employee Relations
- How’s That Planned Employee Handbook Update Going? — via HR Web Café
- Top 7 Human Resources Policies In-House Attorneys Need to Know — via In House
- Why the Tooth Fairy is the Worst Business Example — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- What employers need to know about Generation Z — via Ragan.com
- When Take Your Kid To Work Goes Too Far! — via The Tim Sackett Project
Wage & Hour
- Presenteeism Infects the 2016 FLSA Change Proposal — via Compensation Café
- Your “Construction” Business Under State Employee Classification Laws — via The Day Shift
- Even Betty White Can Be Sued For Alleged Wage-Hour Violations — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- The DOL, Vertical Joint Employment and You-and Why You Should Care About It — via The Emplawyerologist
- DOL OT Exemption Rules DOA? Federal Wage Theft Legislation? Probably Not — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Administrative Employees. And, no, this does not mean that the receptionist is exempt. — via Michigan Employment Law
- Win for Employers in Minimum Wage Case at Ohio Supreme Court — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- What if the Doctor Refuses to Use the Employer’s FMLA Medical Certification Form? And They Want to Charge a Fee for It? — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- Court Overrules NLRB, Says Workers are Independent Contractors Not Employees of Referral Service — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- Non-Union Employee’s “Bad Attitude” Protected by the NLRA — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- Alt Labor — via Labor Relations Institute
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- Secretary of Labor v. U.S. Steel Corporation, Inc. and OSHA’s Continued Stand Against Employer Retaliation — via LE Blog
- OSHA Final Rule Sets Procedures for Whistleblower Complaints Under Dodd-Frank Act — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog