Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Maybe That Lawsuit Brought By Your Employee Isn’t So Frivolous — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- The ADA and Entrepreneurial start-ups — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- EEOC Closes In On Claustrophobia As A Disability — via FisherBroyles
- In remembering 9/11, don’t forget USERRA — via HR Hero Line
- Miles on New EEOC Retaliation Guidance — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Advice For Dealing With Workplace Retaliation: Save Those Nasty Emails NPR’s Morning Edition
- More on the EEOC and Workplace Retaliation — via The Emplawyerologist
- Can You Ask About Mental Health When Hiring? — via Alison Green at Inc.com
- What They Aren’t Telling You About the Gender Wage Gap — via Blogging4Jobs
Social Media & Tech
- Are employees entitled to privacy in this mobile age? — via Ragan.com
- Bad experiences on Facebook have real-world consequences — via Engadget Mobile
- Cyberbullies: Worse than Swirlys in the Bathroom Stall? — via Next Blog
- Cybersecurity Is Every Executive’s Job — via Harvard Business Review
- Yelp Not Liable for One-Star Review, Appeals Court Rules — via WSJ.com: Law Blog
HR & Employee Relations
- Why Work/Life Balance Is So Hard To Find — via Above the Law
- Should Hillary Have Missed the 9-11 Ceremony? Should You Miss an Important Event? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Wells Fargo Created Millions of Fake Accounts, for Real Customers — via In House
- Eight Proven Strategies for Better Remote Work — via Lifehacker
- No Changes for Ohio Employers under the State’s New Medical Marijuana Law — via Employment Law Worldview
- Watch Out, Millennials: Here Comes Generation Z — via Workplace Diva
- Are Office Snacks Sabotaging Your Healthy Eating Goals? — via Fitbit Blog
- Non-Solicit Violation: $4.5 Million Punitive Damage Award Upheld — via Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
Wage & Hour
- Chamber Readying Lawsuit Over OT Rules — via TLNT
- A Plaintiff’s ATM & Cell Phone Records May Be Discoverable When There Is a Particularized Showing of Relevance — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Employee Benefits and the New Overtime Rules — via Employment Matters Blog
- Sweet Justice! Dismissal of Bully’s FMLA Claim Proves Employers Can Safely Terminate an Employee on the Heels of FMLA Leave — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor Relations
- Employer dos and don’ts for 2016 elections (NLRB-friendly version) — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Is it legal to fire a server for complaining on Facebook about an NFLer’s 75-cent tip? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- NLRB Continues to Expand the Reach of the NLRA by Exercising Jurisdiction Over Charter Schools — via Labor Relations Today
- Uber, NLRB Clash Over ‘Nationwide’ Subpoenas Targeting Labor Policies Law.com
- The Globalization of Labor Disputes — via The Labor Dish
- It’s Game On for Grad Students After NLRB Rules They Can Unionize — via Workplace Fairness