I’m always on the lookout for new bands. This week brings us a good one—Diet Cig, whose debut album drops today. Enjoy.
Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Just in: SCOTUS on standard of review for District Court decisions on EEOC subpoenas — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Employer successfully fights EEOC subpoena — via EmployerLINC
- Judge Absolves Equal Opportunity Harasser But You Shouldn’t — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Fragrance Sensitivity in the Workplace — via Workplace Insights
- EEOC sends a message about age discrimination — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Equal Pay Day — via Workplace Prof Blog
Technology
- Ok, I’ll bite. Why did Cracker Barrel fire Brad’s wife? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Should You Fire Social Media Trolls? — via Fistful of Talent
- AIG Rolls Out Policy for Cyberthreat Coverage — via Dark Reading
- A Hacker Stole the Personal Information of 95,000 McDonald’s Job Applicants — via motherboard
HR & Employee Relations
- How the Campus Culture Wars Are Coming to Your Office — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Kindness — via Jonathan Segal’s Jonathan HR Law
- 4 Major Ways Work Flexibility Has Improved Our Productivity — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- To avoid a messy workplace theft investigation, can we just fire our prime suspect? — via Work Place Coach Blog News
- How to Manage Employee Questions After Mergers & Acquisitions — via Workology
- 7 Things to Consider Before Signing That NDA — via TalentCulture
- A Paid Day Off — via Compensation Cafe
Wage & Hour
- What is an ABC Test? (and why these tests are a problem) — via Who Is My Employee?
- Chipotle Wins One, Loses One, in Wage and Hour Class Litigation — via Employment Class Action Blog
- Everyone Is Entitled to Paid Rest and Meal Breaks, Fact or Myth? — via HR Gazette
- Trumpdate: Labor nominee Acosta gets through HELP Committee, Dems support Gorsuch — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Can an Employee take FMLA Leave to Care For a Sibling? Before You Say “No,” Read This — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Creating a Family Friendly Culture is not a Choice. It’s the Law! — via HR Gazette
- Coordinating FMLA with Discrimination Laws — via HR Daily Advisor
Labor
- NLRB Will Not Hack Into Prior Decision Regarding Employee Email Use During Non-Work Time — via Fistful of Talent
- Will Trump’s DOL Classify Worker Centers as Unions? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
OSHA & Safety
- President Trump un-does Obama-era OSHA reporting rule — via Meyers Roman’s Ohio OSHA Law Blog
- Judge Continues Case Challenging OSHA Electronic Record-Keeping Rule – Employers Must Comply With July 1 Electronic Reporting Deadline — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- New Acting Solicitor of Labor Department Signals Emphasis on ‘Humility’ — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Awards Fired Bank Manager $5.4M, Rehire Following ‘Abrupt’ Dismissal for Whistleblowing — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog