If you answer “who doesn’t,” “yum,” and “bring it,” then you need to be at 16888 Pearl Road this Sunday from 1 – 3(ish) pm. That is when School of Rock Strongsville will hold its annual “Rock the Lot” show, during which Norah (punk) and Donovan (Beatles) will play some of their aforementioned sweet music.
Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Hate those EEOC regs? Here’s your big chance! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Of Hoodies And Hoverboards: Age Discrimination In Tech — via FisherBroyles
- Medical Marijuana and the ADA: Interactive Process is Everything — via Bill Goren’s Understanding the ADA
- As If Leave Laws Aren’t Complicated Enough – Don’t Forget That Leave Can Be a Reasonable Accommodation — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- This is Why the Number of Employees You Have Matters in Employment Law — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- What employers need to know when they suspect a worker of making false harassment claims — via Work Place Coach Blog News
Technology
- A Wisconsin company plans to microchip its employees. Would you do it too? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- My HR rep keeps using a Pepe the Frog emoji — via Ask a Manager
- How to Catch Trade Secret Thieves Who Try to Cover Their Tracks: A Forensic Perspective — via Trading Secrets
- The Persistent Threat of Insider Data Theft — via Ride The Lightning
HR & Employee Relations
- Forget the Work-Life Balance Duality — via Workology
- Muppets, Lannisters, and wrongful termination—which one isn’t like the others? — via HR Hero Line
- Employee Loyalty Is Not Dead — via TalentCulture
- Is There Still a Need for HR? — via TLNT
- Protect your most vital investment—your employees — via Ragan.com
Wage & Hour
- Reducing Employee Time Theft — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- The Department of Labor stepping back from some Obama era regulations — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- DOL Does A “Do Over” on Overtime Regs and White Collar Exemptions — via BeLabor The Point
- Here We Go Again! DOL Seeks Public Comment on Revising Overtime Rules — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- What are “1099 Employees”? — via Who Is My Employee?
- SCOTUS Puts the Class Action Waiver Issue at the Top of Its Agenda — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
Labor
- Manager Maude Vol I, No. 6 — via Four Peaks Advisors
- Woo-hoo! Federal Court Overrules NLRB, Says Companies Can Require Employees to Promote Positivity — via Labor Relations
OSHA & Safety
- $10.5M in Worker Safety Grants Announced — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- OSHA Launches E-Filing for Mandatory Injury and Illness Reports — via The Employment Brief