Mine is music.
Today, my security blanket grew a few sizes, because Peter Gabriel finally added his catalog to Spotify.
For many, their entrée to Peter was John Cusack, boombox aloft in Say Anything. My exposure was a half-decade earlier. Growing up in Philadelphia, I started each morning listening to John DeBella’s Morning Zoo on WMMR. And Peter Gabriel was its patron saint. So I was exposed to a lot of PG’s music in my formative years. My love for his art has never waned, even as my tastes have evolved in the decades since.
This morning, I could not wait to get in my car, plug in my phone, and fire up PG 1 (aka “Car”). I felt the slowburn of comfort as Peter sang about Moribund the Burgermeister (a decidedly dark tune about Sydenham’s chorea, historically and traditionally referred to as Saint Vitus‘ dance, a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet).
Don’t get me wrong; I love discovering new music (check out Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel, out today). But when I need that security blanket, I always turn to the old favorites.
Here’s what I read this week:
- Sexism is Unlawful Too — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
- #MeToo quiz! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Bookmark This! Anti Harassment Edition — via hr bartender
- Bullying & Harassment at Work: What’s the Difference & Does It Matter? — via My Dailey Journey
- The Rising Tide of ADA Litigation Against Health Care Entities — via Employment Matters Blog
- Drug Using Employee? Better Conduct An “Individualized Assessment” Before You Fire! — via FisherBroyles
- Regarded As: What Not to Do — via Understanding the ADA
- Dear ReWorker: How Do I Get Rid Of Bad Glassdoor Reviews? — via Suzanne Lucas, The Evil HR Lady
- Employees Who Use Social Media for Work Are More Engaged — but Also More Likely to Leave Their Jobs — via Harvard Business Review
- With GDPR Looming, Here’s Why Boards Need To Engage On Privacy Issues — via Above the Law
- Biometric privacy laws pose new challenges, risks for employers — via EmployerLINC
- No, E-mail Encryption is Not Dead — via Ride The Lightning
- Film “Zero Weeks” Tackles U.S. Family Leave Crisis — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- GUY TO GUY HUGS AT WORK: Let’s Agree To Get Our #### Together… — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Pros and Cons of Allowing Pets at Work — via EntertainHR
- Why Your Company’s Drug Testing Policy Is Due for an Update — via In House
- I won money on a work trip to Vegas – do I have to donate it to my employer? — via Ask a Manager
- Steal Trade Secrets, Get Cut: BladeRoom Jury Bleeds Emerson Electric to the Tune of $30 Million — via Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
- If you require the overtime, pay the overtime — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- What employers can learn from the $97.2 million judgment entered against Wells Fargo for rest break violations — via California Employment Law Report
- “Because I Said So!” – Following the FMLA Late Certification Rule — via Matrix Radar
- Fore-get it! Court slices plaintiff’s FMLA claim based on Facebook pics of him at a golf course — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Game On! Federal Appeals Court Revives Antitrust Challenge to Seattle’s Gig Worker Union Organizing Ordinance — via Gig Employer Blog
- Uncertainty Looms Over NLRB’s Workplace Rules Decision — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- One Way Or Another: Trump NLRB Coming at Joint-Employer Standard from New Angle — via Labor Relations
- Inspired by Animal House? NLRB May Force Long-Term Change to Joint Employment Test — via Who Is My Employee?
- Episode 27 – Butt Download — via Marc Alifanz’s and Dennis Westlind’s Hostile Work Environment Podcast
- OSHA to take another look at health care, emergency response — via Business Insurance
- OSHA Spring Regulatory Agenda…What to Expect from OSHA — via OSHA Law Blog