Even rock stars have bad days at the office.
Last week I presented, along with two of my partners, Seth Briskin and Steve Dlott, Hot Topics in Employment Law: What to Worry About in 2016. You can read ERC’s summary of our sold-out event here.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Here’s a novel defense to a discrimination claim. (Replace “novel” with “damn near frivolous”). — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- EEOC Requesting Information? Be Wary What You Tell Fellow Employees — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- More on HB 2 and wrongful discharge: My response to Charlotte Magazine — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- The Boss, Your Boss, and LGBT Rights — via EntertainHR
- Can an Employer’s Religious Belief Defeat a Discriminatory Firing? — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Technology and the Gig Economy: Will It Cultivate Trust, or Destroy It? — via TLNT
- Recent Decisions Reinforce That Accessible Technology Claims Are Not Going Away — via Employer Defense Law Blog
- When It Comes to Data Security, Corps Turn to Outside Counsel — via In House
- ABA Distributes FBI Cyber Alerts to Members — via Ride The Lightning
- 9 worst social media blunders of the year — via Ragan.com
- How Much Data is Too Much for Employers? — via Employment Law Navigator
HR & Employee Relations
- Who Gives HR a Bad Name? — via Blogging4Jobs
- Future Friday: The rise of conflicting trends — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Seven Tips For Addressing Zika in the Workplace — via Workplace Diva
- Why Hiring is (Much) Harder Than It Looks — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- My boss is having an affair with a coworker and I found out from his wife — via Ask a Manager
Wage & Hour
- Overtime? It’s on the House — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Federal Legislation Introduced to Stop DOL’s Misguided Proposed OT Regulation — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- What Constitutes a “Complaint” Pursuant to the FLSA? — via Overtime Lawyer Blog
- Argument preview: Justices to consider whether a car dealer’s service advisor is a “salesman,” exempt from overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act — via SCOTUSblog
- SCOTUS will look at DOL’s flip-flop in FLSA exemption case — via Ross Runkel Report
Labor Relations
- McDonald’s Loses Another Round at the NLRB — via Wyatt Employment Law Report
- The NLRB and You: What (Not) to Do When Your Employee Rants — via The Emplawyerologist
- Rising Salary Levels Governing Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘White Collar’ Exemptions May Lift Union Votes — via LE Blog
- 36,000 Verizon union workers are set to strike tomorrow — via The Verge
- CUE and the Persuader Rule: The Good, Bad, and Ugly — via Cue
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- OSHA Continues to Make Changes to Its Enforcement Procedures for Reporting Requirements — via LE Blog
- 16 Legal Tips: Handling OSHA Citations the Right Way — via OSHA Law Update
- Uberization Of Safety: Is It Really That Bad??? — via Employment Essentials