WIRTW #504 (the “once bitten, twice shy” edition)

Never in my life did I think that I’d ever attend a biker rally. Yet, three weeks from tomorrow, I’ll be in Sandusky, at Ohio Bike Week.

Why?

I’ll be watching Norah and her bandmates warming up the crowd for 80’s hair band Great White.

If you’re attending, please say hi. I’ll be the one without the motorcycle.

Here’s what I read this week.

Discrimination

• If You’re Sued, Your Sexual Harassment Report Could Become Public — via TLNT
• Labor Department tells senators it’s too ‘complex’ to collect sexual harassment data — via Workplace Fairness
• Sexual Harassment has a major impact on NYC employers — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• Age Discrimination Suit Because Job Posting Asked for “No More Than ‘X’ Years of Experience” — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor

Technology

• Blogging to Get Business — via Tracy Coenen’s FRAUDfiles
• GDPR and Social Media Privacy Reform — via Social Media Examiner
• If I allow employees to text, what guidelines should I install? — via Work Place Coach Blog News
• When Your Employees Post Passwords Online — via Krebs on Security
• Facebook Fires Employee Who Allegedly Used Data Access to Stalk Women — via Motherboard
• IBM Security: Cybersecurity Still a Critical Challenge for Businesses — via Ride The Lightning
• Debunking 5 Cybersecurity Myths — via Accellis Technology Group
• Ninth Circuit: No Crime Policy Coverage for Social Engineering Fraud Losses — via The D & O Diary
• Cyber Risks Dominate In-House Legal Departments — via Above the Law

HR & Employee Relations

• Understanding the HR Audit Checklist — via Blogging4Jobs
• Guardian of Your Own Galaxy – Hiring the Right People (The Right Way) — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Politics and the Personal Have Invaded Google. A Cautionary Tale. — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
• The employer’s side of the story. — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• A new Senate bill would make your non-compete agreements worth less than the paper on which they’re printed. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Bad Training Is Devastating — via EntertainHR

Wage & Hour

• Episode 25 – There’s Never Enough Buffet — via Marc Alifanz’s and Dennis Westlind’s Hostile Work Environment podcast
• California’s Top Court Creates New Test for Independent Contractor vs. Employee, Re-Interprets 102-Year Old Definition — via Who Is My Employee?
• I Want To Dock My Employee’s Wages Because She Broke Her Laptop – Okay? — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
• Can we deduct an employee’s theft of cash from her paycheck? — via Work Place Coach Blog News
• FMLA Screaming (Part II) — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
• Can you require employees taking FMLA leave to follow your call-in procedures? — via HR Dive

Labor

• NLRB Voids Hospital ID Policy that Bans Union Insignia Without Regard to Patient Visibility — via Labor Relations Today
• NLRB Expands Unions’ Ability to Acquire Information to Investigate Discrimination Complaints — via Labor Relations
• NLRB Takes a Bite Out of Big Apple Restaurant, Finding Terminations Following Employee Emails Expressing Workplace Concerns Violated the NLRA — via Employment Law Worldview

OSHA & Safety

• All State Plan Employers are Now Required to Electronically File 2017 Form 300A Data — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
• Which Workplace Accidents Pay Off The Best? — via Evil Skippy at Work