While he’s still developing as a musician, there is no doubt that he loves the stage and performing. And, if the crowed leaves entertained, who cares if you miss a few notes here and there, right?
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Trump’s So-Called “Locker Room Talk”: Would It Count Towards a “Hostile Work Environment”? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Was the Trump Recording Sexual Harassment? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Locker Room Banter Will Get You Fired, and Oh, Wait, It’s Against the Law — via FisherBroyles
- The “Onionhead” case: Fringe beliefs and reverse religious discrimination by employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Eleventh Circuit: No ADEA Disparate Impact Claims for Job Applicants — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Seventh Circuit Vacates Panel Determination That Title VII Does Not Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Grants Rehearing En Banc — via Financial Services Employment Law
- And speaking of LGBT rights at work, here are two more recent victories for HR to ponder — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
Social Media & Tech
- Facebook rolls out Work, a social network for your office — via The Verge
- LinkedIn “Open Candidates” Is Going To Get People Fired — via The Tim Sackett Project
- Is it wrong to Google job candidates? — via Ask a Manager
- Apple Store fires staff for stealing customers’ private pics — via Engadget
- Your Company Needs a Communications Plan for Data Breaches and Companies Should Understand Where Cybercrime Thrives — via Harvard Business Review
HR & Employee Relations
- Can America recover its dignity and find common ground after this presidential election? — via Minding the Workplace
- Employer Strategies for Surviving Election Season — via Currents
- 2016 presidential election dynamics in the workplace: Free speech? ‘You’re fired’ — via EmployerLINC
- Avoiding an Election Day Headache: Balancing Your Employees’ Right to Vote with Your Company’s Needs — via Intown Employer
- Election: Where Are All the Owners Directing Their Employees How to Vote? — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- The Importance Of Empathy In HR — via Blogging4Jobs
- Winterizing Your Time Off Policies: Answers to 5 Common Questions — via ERC Insights Blog
- Should We Be Tolerating Zero-Tolerance Workplace Policies? — via Janette Levey Frisch’s The Emplawyerologist
Wage & Hour
- Generosity in pay does not relieve an employer from overtime obligations — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- A new SHRM study should have employers reexamining their policies on parental leave — via Next Blog
Labor Relations
- NLRB’s Coffin Corner Punt Pins Private Universities’ Sports Programs in Perilous Spot — via Labor Relations Today
- NLRB & The Shift of “Protected” Employee Conduct into Social Media — via The L•E•Jer
- Small Businesses Face Large Costs due to Overregulation — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- Labor Pains Law & Liberty
- NLRB Deems Northwestern’s Restrictions On Football ‘Employees’ Unlawful — via Above the Law
OSHA & Safety
- Breaking News on DOL “Threats” to Federalize Workers’ Compensation — via All in a Day’s Work
- OSHA Warning: DC Circuit Says Expanding Safety and Health Standards Through Informal Guidance Will Face Harsh Scrutiny — via Managing OSHA
- OSHA’s Walking-Working Surfaces Final Rule Expected Soon — via OSHA Law Blog