Welcome to fun-fact Friday.
The Mexican folk song La Cucaracha has a long and fascinating history. It was popularized during the Mexican Revolution when each army would write verses as battle songs. Amazingly, one such verse, which has become the most popular version of the song, references marijuana:
The cockroach, the cockroach,
can't walk anymore
because it doesn't have,
because it's lacking
marijuana to smoke.
Maybe this explains why Speedy Gonzales was so speedy.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Reality Check: This is Not Sexism. — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Episode 41 – The Raving Racist Customer is Always Right — via Marc Alifanz's and Dennis Westlind's Hostile Work Environment Podcast
- What happens when a sexual assault victim is later accused of sexual assault? #MeToo — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- Uh oh. Your Employee Says S/he Was Harassed — and S/he has Recordings… — via The EmpLAWyerologist Blog
- Hostile work environment, or just NSFW? — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
- Does allowing telecommuting make it more difficult to fire employees? — via Mike Haberman's Omega HR Solutions
- Beware of Ageism in the Workplace! — via The HR Gazette
Technology
- Internal Social Media: Open the Floor to Boost Employee Engagement — via HR Hero Line
- Trump Signs NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act Into Law — via Ride The Lightning
- DNC reports attempted cyberattack targeting its voter database — via Engadget
- Indian Bank Hit in $13.5M Cyberheist After FBI ATM Cashout Warning — via Krebs on Security
- How to Send Confidential Emails From Your Phone Using Gmail — via Lifehacker
HR & Employee Relations
- Paw-Ternity? — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Has an Attorney Ever Told You Compliance Is Sexy? — via TLNT
- A More Humane Approach to Firing People — via Harvard Business Review
- The Most Effective Way To Deal With Unruly Employees — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Your Employees and their Final Frontiers — via Next Blog
Wage & Hour
- Meal Breaks Must Be Free of All Work Duties — via San Antonio Employment Law Blog
- Have ‘Stranger’ Leaves Been Approved? FMLA Lessons from Netflix — via EntertainHR
Labor
- What a Real Live Union-Busting Seminar Looks Like — via Deadspin
- New NLRB Decision Impacts When Weingarten Rights Arise — via Employment Essentials
- Woo-Hoo! NLRB Now Permitting Class Action Waivers — via Labor Relations
OSHA & Safety
- Chipotle vows to retrain workers following gastrointestinal illness outbreak — via HR Dive
- Employers: Use caution when dealing with prescription drug users — via EmployerLINC