Indulge me, as this morning I once again take off my employment-law blogger hat, and replace it with my proud dad / music blogger hat.
Fake ID had quite the successful opening weekend of music. They started last Saturday night rocking The Pond Ice Rink’s annual clambake (encore included), and finished Sunday afternoon as the talk of the Hiram House Camp Pumpkin Festival.
It was an absolute joy to watch this band perform (and not just because one of them happens to be mine). These kids rock hard, work harder, and love what they are doing.
As one fan described his “favorite cover band in town” — “Book them now for your holiday party before they get their driver’s licenses!”
Follow these kids on YouTube for more videos from this past weekend, like them on Facebook for information on future gigs, and follow them on Instagram for more videos and other photos.
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Not just Harvey Weinstein: The depressing truth about sexual harassment in America — via Wonkblog
- The HR Capitalist Playbook for Men Avoiding Workplace Harassment Claims — via The HR Capitalist
- About that Barstool Sports contract, and contracting around the right to be offended — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Man Fired For Bringing a Watermelon to Work — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- EEOC alleges medical exams and questionnaires violate ADA, GINA — via EmployerLINC
- Sessions “Religious Freedom” and Title VII Guidance Will Legalize Discrimination Against LGBTQ Americans — via MomsRising
- Issues around accommodating pregnancy — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- The ADA: Four issues to watch in 2018 — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Someone hacked the White House chief of staff’s personal phone — via The Verge
- Rise in Insider Threats Drives Shift to Training, Data-Level Security and Phishing Emails that Invoke Fear, Urgency, Get the Most Clicks — via Dark Reading
- AI is coming for more jobs, but not all of them and not all at once — via HR Dive
- How Sensors and Data are Changing the Workplace — via TalentCulture
- Study: Shorter Employment Contracts = Better — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Busting the Myths: Do Parents Have to Choose Between Work and Caregiving? — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Telecommuting Policies When Inclement Weather Strikes — via Next Blog
- Employee Use Of Marijuana: The Law Is Hazy For Employers — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
- Workplace bullying and mobbing stories: “Do you have a few hours?” — via Minding the Workplace
- Bully Be Gone: What Is Workplace Bullying and Why Does It Matter? — via Work Place Coach Blog News
- When Employees Engage in Extremist Off-Duty Activity: What is an Employer to Do? — via Intown Employer
- Make sure employees know what to do if ICE raids your workplace — via HR Hero Line
- Ohio: Get Ready for a Union Onslaught — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- Local union throws flag on Dallas Cowboys’ owner’s threat to bench players who disrespect the U.S. flag — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Waivers of class actions against employers — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- NLRB Shifts to Republican Majority; Change in Joint Employment Doctrine Is Likely — via Who Is My Employee
- The Devil Is In the Details: New Board Members Likely To Change Law In Nuanced Ways — via Labor Relations Update
- House Committee Approves Joint Employer Bill — via Workforce Freedom Initiative Timeline
- When Addressing a Workers’ Comp Claim, Don’t Forget FMLA (and ADA)… — via The Emplawyerologist
- Should I tell my coworkers I have hemorrhoids? — via Ask a Manager