She just entered 6th grade, and this poem was her first ever middle-school assignment. This year's language arts curriculum is focused around the idea of identity. Her assignment was to craft a poem defining her own personal identity—where she’s from.
The result floored me. I cried real tears. Not just out of joy that my 11-year-old could produce something of such beauty, but that this beauty reflects a deep understanding of who she is.
So perfectly Norah.
Here’s what else I read this week.
Discrimination
- Is Robert Lee a victim of national origin discrimination? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- KKK Hoods: Fashionable In The Workplace And (Again) In The Streets — via Above the Law
- EEOC Sides With Black Chair Umpire Who Said U.S. Tennis Association Discriminated Against Him — via Deadspin
- Shakespeare Sheds Light on Liability for Abetting Discrimination — via The Labor Dish
- New EEO-1 Form Stayed Indefinitely — via CUE, Inc.
- Employee Who Got the Boot For Being Too Cute Can Pursue Her Suit — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Does the ADA ever require six months of employee leave? Sure does, says the EEOC. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- “Hold My Position Open Indefinitely” Is Not a Reasonable Accommodation, Court Rules — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- New Targeted Ransomware Hits Healthcare, Manufacturing — via Dark Reading
- Employer’s Accessing of Employee’s Personal Email Account from Company Mobile Phone May Have Violated Stored Communications Act — via Employment Law Matters
- Psst, Your Co-workers Aren’t Washing Their Hands in the Restroom — via Workplace Diva
- Manager Maude, Vol. I, No. 8 — via Four Peaks Advisors Manager Maude
- Dealing with Employee Theft: Tips and Actions to Take — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Communicating with Employees During a Crisis — via Next Blog
- What World Class HR Looks Like… — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Fair Game? Predictable Scheduling Laws — The Sensation Sweeping The Nation — via Employment Law Lookout
- Houston Employers: Wage and Hour Guidance and Hurricane Harvey — via Jonathan HR Law
- Practical Advice for Weathering Pay and Leave Issues Following Hurricane Harvey — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Hurricane Harvey raises FLSA, FMLA questions — via HR Dive
- Hurricane Harvey and the FMLA: Are Your Employees Eligible for Leave During a Natural Disaster? — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- What does it all mean and who does it mean it for? An Eligible Employee under the FMLA, Part 1 and Part 2 — via Michigan Employment Law
- Research Shows Unionized Workers Are Less Happy, but Why? — via Harvard Business Review
- NLRB’s New Joint Employment Rules Fail … But Live to Fight Another Day — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Federal Court Puts Up Roadblock in Seattle’s Quest to Grant Uber and Lyft Drivers Union Organizing Rights — via Labor Relations
- New Case Shows That “Uber-ization” of Workforce Could Lead to Misclassification Challenges — via Gig Employer Blog