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| The Icarus Craft (with gold record) |
Thus, this bit of news, c/o Jack White’s Third Man Records, is particularly cool:
On July 30th, in celebration of our 7th anniversary, Third Man Records will reveal our attempt to play the first phonographic record in space — a gold-plated 12” master of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn” (a moving arrangement of Sagan’s sagacious words culled from his magnificent Cosmos series, previously pressed and distributed as a 7” in their first year of operation, 2009). This record marks our 3 MILLIONTH RECORD PRESSED! The vessel tasked with the mission —The ICARUS CRAFT — is a custom-built “space-proof” turntable attached to a high-altitude balloon.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
- Emails Become an Expensive Sideshow in Employment Discrimination Lawsuits — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Minimum wage crusaders are holding a convention – to talk about racism — via Wonkblog
- What ADA protections exist for mental health episodes at work? Not many. Maybe none. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Roger Ailes: Case Study Of Sexual Harassment? — via FisherBroyles
Social Media & Tech
- Tools or toys? Study shows how much employees value latest technology — via Technology for HR
- Password sharing and “head-slap hacks”: What employers can do — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Status update: The rise of the social-media extortionist — via Engadget HD
- A New Service Helps Organizations Mitigate Ransomware Threats — via SecureState
- A new iOS 10 feature warns against open WiFi networks — via Engadget Mobile
- Is the Increasing Use of Social Media Evidence a Game-Changer in Litigation of Insurance Claim Disputes? — via Augmented Legality
HR & Employee Relations
- The Growing Wave of Eldercare – Employees will Need Support and Flexibility — via Next Blog
- Have You Ever Received an Unfair Performance Rating? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Bad Performance Reviews Are Probably More Common Than You Think — via Lifehacker
- Starbucks lets employees get colorful under new dress code — via Ragan.com
- Exhaustion: The Latest “Status Symbol” — via HR Gazette
Wage & Hour
- Unpaid Volunteers Are Not “Employees”, Says Court — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The Hidden Dangers of “Uberizing” Your Workforce — via Law.com
- Seventh Circuit Serves Up Employer-Friendly Recipe For Compensating Tipped Employees — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Preventing an Employee on Work Restrictions from Returning to Work While on FMLA Leave? — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
Labor Relations
- NLRB Continues to Keep Business Guessing — via CUE, Inc.
- Great moments in public employee unionism and More great moments in public employee unionism — via Overlawyered
- When is an Employer a “Successor Employer” or a “Perfectly Clear Successor Employer”? — via Minnesota Employer
- Policy to “Conduct only … business while at work” Found to Violate NLRA — via All in a Day’s Work
- NLRB Requires Specific Waivers During Bargaining — via Management Memo
- NLRB Finds “Discharge” is an “Actual Discharge” and Violates the National Labor Relations Act Even if it is Immediately Reversed and Employee Suffers No Harm — via Management Memo
- SEIU Faces Largest Decertification Vote in History — via LaborPains.org
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Pleads Case for Poultry Industry Workers — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- OSHA prohibition on post-accident testing requires immediate action by employers — via EmployerLINC
- Drug testing employees post-accident is going to be harder starting in August — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions