How did I not know this was a thing? Last summer, The Beatles released a remix of my favorite song of theirs, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. It commemorates the 10th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles’ show, LOVE (an absolute must-do if you find yourself in Vegas). The new arrangement is the final work of legendary Beatles’ produced George Martin before his passing.
(For what’s it’s worth, I prefer what many consider the definitive version of this song—from George Harrison’s 2004 induction into the Rock Hall—performed with zero Beatles, one spawn of Beatles, two Traveling Wilburys, and one beautiful and blistering Prince guitar solo—The New York Times has a wonderful account of that performance here).
Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- HR’s Stand in the Face of Fox News — via Rick Bell at Workforce Magazine
- An Anonymous Sexual Harassment Hotline That Is Not Anonymous May Be Worse Than No Hotline — via FisherBroyles
- My intern told a horribly offensive joke at a meeting with other companies — via Ask a Manager
- Employee Coming Out Has Rattled Some Cages — via Work Place Coach Blog News
- Avoid this ADA Trap When Using Staffing Agency Workers — via Who is My Employee?
Technology
- Instagram is growing faster than ever — via The Verge
- Fired for accidentally live-streaming nude on the company’s Instagram page (oops!), now she’s suing for her job back — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- How Your Company Can Avoid Becoming the Next United Airlines — via Suzanne Lucas, Evil HR Lady
- New Wrinkle in Employment Disputes: Social Media Ownership — via Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Should You “Facebook” the Jury? Yes. No. Probably. — via Law.com
- The C-Suite and IT Need to Get on the Same Page on Cybersecurity — via Harvard Business Review
- Why Do IoT Companies Keep Building Devices with Huge Security Flaws? — via Harvard Business Review
HR & Employee Relations
- The Dialogue: Workplace Complaints and Happy Endings As Rare As Unicorn Frappuccinos? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Scott Van Pelt’s 1 Big Thing A Tribute To Laid-Off ESPNers — via Deadspin
- Your “Open Door” Policy May be Sending the Wrong Message — via TLNT
- How to Attract and Retain Millennial Talent — via TalentCulture
- What To Do When You Hire A Thief — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
Wage & Hour
- Is your timekeeping system creating wage-hour liability? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- The “State” Of the Gig Economy Under Trump — via Gig Employer Blog
- Do I have to pay my summer help? Avoiding FLSA liability for internships — via HR Hero Line
- Overtime Rule Remains in Limbo as Fifth Circuit Grants the DOL’s Request for Another Extension — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Minimum-wage hikes do close restaurants. Just not the ones you care about. — via Wonkblog
- How the FLSA Hurts Women (Part 2) — via Focus
- What Happens When You Mix FMLA (and ADA) and Retaliation? — via The EmpLAWyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Using FMLA to Cover Drinking — via Work Place Coach Blog News
Labor
- The Looming Writers Strike Is About Much More Than What’s On TV — via Workplace Fairness
- NLRB Enforces Subpoena about Alleged Joint Employer Relationship with Nothing More than Mere Allegation of Joint Employer Status — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- SEIU Finances and the Fight for $15 — via Workforce Freedom Initiative Timeline
- Dish Network, LLC: Important Lessons and Reminders for Employers Under a Trump Board — via Management Memo
- NLRB Region Five Rules that Resident Advisors at George Washington University are Employees Who May Unionize — via New York Labor and Employment Law Report
OSHA & Safety
- Employer liable for off-duty murder? EmployerLINC
- OSHA Judge Rules Massachusetts Companies Operated as Single Employer Where Workers Fell — via Occupational Health & Safety Online