How do you spend your down time? What do you do when you’re not working? Me? I blog, and I play roadie for Norah and Donovan. If you happen to work as an animator at Pixar, you craft emotionally compelling and visually stunning short animated films. Like this one.
Borrowed Time from Borrowed Time on Vimeo.
According to one of its two creators, Lou Hamou-Lhadj (the other is Andrew Coats), their “goal was as to make something that kind of contested the notion of animation being a genre, and one for children specifically. We really wanted to make something that was a little bit more adult in the thematic choices, and show that animation could be a medium to tell any sort of story.”
I’d say they hit it out of the park.
Here’s what I read this week.
- Racial and gender gaps in computer science learning: New Google-Gallup research — via The Official Google Blog
- Can Employees Really Speak Up Without Retribution? — via Harvard Business Review
- A story of sexual harassment and bad HR — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Top Five Reasons Not To Have An Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy (As Told By An Employer) — via FisherBroyles
- Too Much Mommy Time? — via Law.com
- 11th Circuit Deals a Major Blow to Age Discrimination Suits — via In House
- 8th Circuit: Trucking Company’s Requirement That Drivers with High BMI Submit to Sleep Study Does Not Violate ADA — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
Social Media & Technology
- Cybersecurity and its small business impact — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- Politics and Elections in the Era of Cyberwarfare — via Technologist
- EMAIL + WORK: We Need Tags Like “Facts”, “Opinions” and “Danger” — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Robo-interviews are on the rise — via InhouseBlog.com
HR & Employee Relations
- Heresy! Is “flexibility at work” overrated? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Yes, You Can Ask Your Employee to Do That, but Should You? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Can You Hear Me Now? Hiring a Competitor’s Star or Day-Old Bread? — via Fistful of Talent
- How Employers Judge Appearance When Considering Someone for a Promotion — via Lifehacker
- NY: Uber drivers are employees for unemployment claims — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
Wage & Hour
- Fast, Mandatory FLSA Mediation—Has Its Time Come? — via Labor & Employment Law Navigator
- Folks, let’s dispel some FLSA myths about salaried employees — via Eric Meyer’sThe Employer Handbook Blog
- Is Banning Salary History Discussions a Game Changer? — via Employment Matters Blog
- Overtime Rules Challenge – Business Groups and States Seek Expedited Relief — via Currents
- Baseball Stadium Workers Not Owed Overtime — via The Employment Brief
- If you think telecommuters aren’t covered by the FMLA, think again — via Technology for HR
Labor
- ALJ Strikes Down (Another) Workplace Civility Rule and A Ban on Photographs at Las Vegas Casino — via Labor Relations Today
- National Labor Relations Board Assumes Worker Misclassification — via Gig Employer Blog
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Proposes Adding Quantitative Fit-Testing Protocols to Regulatory Protection Standard — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- OSHA Agrees to Further Extension for Anti-retaliation Provisions — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA further delays enforcement of post-accident testing ban — via EmployerLINC