A very happy 10th birthday to my smart, sassy, wise beyond her years, talented, and beautiful daughter, Norah. I have no idea how this happened in 10 quick years, but I am certainly enjoying the ride.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Is sexual harassment training a turn-off for men? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Another Advertising Agency Courting the EEOC: Have They Ever Heard of Retaliation? — via FisherBroyles
- Benchslapped! EEOC & NLRB May Have to Pull Out Their Debit Cards — via All in a Day’s Work
- Lowe’s to pay $8.6 million in yet another EEOC case involving inflexible leave policies — via Matrix Radar
- The EEOC Cares About … Your Bathrooms?? — via The Emplawyerologist
Social Media & Techology
- The Worst Possible Response to a Bad Glassdoor Review — via Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady, at Inc.com
- Can a plaintiff change her social media privacy settings after filing a lawsuit? — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog
- Text Messages May Form a Binding Contract — via InhouseBlog.com
- WORK TEXTING: Nothing Good Ever Happens After You See These 2 Things — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Pepper the robot gets a job at Pizza Hut — via Engadget HD
HR & Employee Relations
- Workplace Bullying: How Two Red and Two Blue States Tackled the Issue — via Workforce
- How work-life balance became work all the time — via Wonkblog
- Be a Work/Life-Friendly Boss — via Harvard Business Review
- “Inter-” VS “Intra-” Employee Engagement — via Fistful of Talent
- The DTSA and Inevitable Disclosure — via Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
- The 3 essential areas of supervisor training — via HR Hero Line
- How to Stop Employees From Stealing — via FRAUDfiles
Wage & Hour
- Survey Says: Northeast Ohio Employers Gear Up For FLSA Overtime Rule Changes, Start With “Fact Finding”— via ERC
- Your Employer Is Responsible For Tracking Your New Overtime Pay — via Lifehacker
- An on-the-clock future for white-collar work in America? — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- The High Cost of Obama’s Overtime Edict — via Cato Daily Podcast
- How Can Employers Respond To the DOL’s New Overtime Rule? — via Minnesota Employer
- New whitepaper: New Department of Labor Overtime Regulations Limiting Exemptions — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Thoughts On Payroll By Exception and Weekly Time Sheets — via Wage & Hour Insights
Labor Relations
- First Year of NLRB’s New Election Rules – Employers Deflecting Union “Ambush” — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- NLRB accuses Verizon strikers of harassment — via Boston Globe
- Threats, and rumors of threats, enough to overturn union election, court says — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Seventh Circuit Goes It Alone – Upholds NLRB Decision Holding That Class and Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Unlawful and Unenforceable — via Employment Law Worldview
OSHA & Safety
- The perils of long hours in an office chair has new name: Dormant Butt Syndrome — via Cleveland.com
- OSHA Issues New Spring Regulatory Agenda — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA establishes publication rules to “nudge” employers — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- OSHA Changes: Are You Keeping Up? — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters