WIRTW #419 (the “ramen” edition)

Today I bring you greatest (only?) love song ever written about ramen noodles.


Here’s what I read this week.

Discrimination

• Managing Repeated Requests for Leave as an ADA Reasonable Accommodation: Takeaways from My Webinar with EEOC Commissioner Feldblum (Part I) and Part II — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
• Trump Says Pregnant Workers are “Inconvenient” — via San Antonio Employment Law Blog
• Can a Driver Who Does Not Satisfy DOT Standards Win an ADA Claim? — via Minnesota Employer
• Revisiting the direct threat defense under the ADA — via EmployerLINC
• 4 Ways Flex is Vital for People with Disabilities — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
• EEOC reaches historic $200K settlement on its first sexual orientation bias lawsuit — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• EEOC Targets Religious and National Origin Discrimination Against Individuals Who Are, or Are Perceived to Be, Muslim or Middle Eastern — via Employer Defense Law Blog
• Don’t Mess With Texas: EEOC’s Criminal Background Check Guidance Subject To Challenge — via Workplace Class Action Litigation

Social Media & Technology

• Can we achieve a better, more effective digital workplace? — via ZDNet 
• Some Thoughts from the Feds on the Gig Economy — via Gig Employer
• Google+ is five years old today — via The Verge
• How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics — via Harvard Business Review
• What you know about emojis is wrong — via Ragan.com
• Hacked? Make Sure to Notify Your Customers! — via In House
• The Importance of a Proper Email Policy — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters

HR & Employee Relations

• Bullies Are Everywhere: Work, Home and Among Friends — via Blogging4Jobs
• Ten Policies You’ll Find In Every Toxic Workplace — via Liz Ryan, writing at Forbes
• Three In Four Employees Think the Workplace Lacks Empathy — via Workplace Diva
• Ten ways to make your employees happy — via Next Blog
• Trade Secret Owner Penalized For ‘Specious’ Misappropriation Lawsuit–BTS v. Exclusive Perspectives — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog
• No Bones About It – Donor Leave Laws Continue to Increase — via Matrix Radar
• How many ways can you violate employment laws in one conversation? — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space

Wage & Hour

• The Law That Changed the American Workplace — via Time
• The Importance of Increasing the Minimum Wage — via Overtime Lawyer Blog
• Highly Compensated Employees: The “Other” FLSA Exemption — via ERC Insights Blog
• Employee Pay and the Bankruptcy Stay – Potential Pitfalls for Employers — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™

Labor Relations

• Persuader Rule Enjoined by Texas Court — via CUE, Inc.
• Judge Blocks U.S. Department of Labor “Persuader Rule” | Employment & Labor Insider — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• The right of an employee to have representation in a disciplinary meeting Mike Haberman’s — via Omega HR Solutions