WIRTW #432 (the "Hotel Norha" edition)

This what one’s happy place looks like

Jack White month comes to an end with a few clips from Norah’s most excellent School of Rock “Many Shades of Jack White” show. She was asked to do a lot in this show. Of the 19 songs in the set, she sang lead on 9 (including Hotel Yorba, in which sang and played guitar), guitar on another, and background vocals on 3 more. That’s a .684 batting percentage, which is a whole bunch for a 10 year old to carry on her shoulders. And she totally killed it (not that I’m biased).

Two things stand out for me. First, I love when Norah gets to sing and play guitar simultaneously, which she did on one of my all time favorites, Hotel Yorba. Secondly, I love how Norah is no longer just on stage singing or playing some songs, but is transitioning into an entertainer, cognizant of the fact she is, in fact, putting on a show for an audience.

Judge for yourself. Here’s the best 14:03 from the shows.


Here’s what I read this week.

Discrimination

• Elder Caregiving: The Invisible Workforce Epidemic — via TLNT
• Lack of Supervisory Training costs a company $277,565 — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• Well Well: Court Sides with Employer in Latest Wellness Program Battle: Part 1 and Part 2 — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Wellness Program Wars — via The Labor Dish
• Discrimination Class Certified Based On Union’s Job Referral Policies Despite Third-Parties’ Discretion In Hiring — via Workplace Class Action Litigation
• EEOC to Gadsden Flag Lovers: Shut Up or Face Costly Lawsuits — via Competitive Enterprise Institute via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered

Social Media & Technology

• Facebook is coming for your office next — via Boy Genius Report
• The Exact Moment When People Stopped Talking on the Phone — via Slate 
• It’s Your Job to Keep Company Data Safe So Talk to IT — via TLNT
• Good Cybersecurity Can Be Good Marketing and Traveling for Work? You’re a Prime Target for Hackers — via Harvard Business Review
• Think before you click: cybersecurity guidance to share with workers — via Technology for HR
• How Should HR Deal with Cyberbullying? — via Blogging4Jobs
• Your health insurance might score you an Apple Watch — via Engadget HD

HR & Employee Relations

• Sometimes You Have to Fire People. Here’s When and Here’s How — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
• Hillary, or The Donald: A voting guide for employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• How to Get Work Done While You Travel — via Lifehacker
• Why I’m Excited About Amazon’s 30-Hour Work Week Experiment — via Fathers, Work and Family
• Would Amazon’s 30-Hour-Week Experiment Work in Your Company? — via Harvard Business Review
• The Value of Internships in the Workplace — via Next Blog
• 6 things you must know to reach Gen Z — via Ragan.com

Wage & Hour

• Obama administration announces paid sick leave for government contractors — and a new policy to address pay disparities — via Wonkblog
• Another federal agency (hint: it rhymes with “EEOB”) pays 7 figures to settle wage-and-hour claims — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Day-rate dilemma: You still have to pay day-rate workers overtime — via HR Hero Line
• USDOL Recruits Whistleblowers for Misclassification Claims: Will Gig Workers Even Notice? — via Gig Employer Blog
• Can Employees Commute Tax-Free on Uber or Lyft? — via Employment Matters Blog
• When Employers Don’t Recognize an Employee’s Notice of the Need for FMLA Leave, They Pay the Price — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights

Labor Relations

• Get Up, Stand Up…Stand Up for your Rights in the Front of the Store, says NLRB — via The L•E•Jer
• NLRB’s new ‘joint employer’ standard threatens business interests — via EmployerLINC
• General Counsel Urges Board to Disallow Permanent Replacements During Economic Strikes, Absent Employer Proof of Necessity — via Labor Relations Today
• United Steelworkers Boss Busted for Embezzlement — via LaborPains.org