Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Serial Podcast Shows How Much You Can Learn From a Single Case — via ADR Prof Blog
- ‘Overqualified’ Is Just Another Word for Age Discrimination — via TLNT
- A Failure-to-Hire Claim After Refusing A Job Offer? What’s Up With That??? — via The Emplawyerologist
- What it Means for You When a Candidate Has a Criminal History — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Phoenix restaurant's sexual harassment settlement requires apology letters — via HR Dive
- Here’s what a report from a huuuuuuuuuuge sexual harassment investigation looks like — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
Technology
- Departing Employee Required to Transfer Social Media Accounts–Hyperheal Hyperbarics v. Shapiro — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog
- Fox News Contributor Kevin Jackson Fired After Calling Brett Kavanaugh Accusers 'Lying Skanks' in Tweets — via TV Line
- Don’t fall for this clever Netflix phishing email scam — via Boy Genius Report
- Employee Had No Privacy Expectation In Work Emails — via The Employment Brief
- LexisNexis White Paper on "Protecting Reputation in an Online World" Offers 10 Great Tips — via Cleveland Law Library Weblog
HR & Employee Relations
- What “American Vandal” Does (Not) Teach Us About Workplace Investigations — via EntertainHR
- Reminder: Customers Care How You Treat Your Employees — via Harvard Business Review
- Is Sending a Paper Thank You Note Desperate? The New Norms for Evaluating Job Candidates. — via Fistful of Talent
- The Aging Workforce and What it Means for Employers — via The SHRM Blog
Wage & Hour
- Uber scores a big win in legal fight to keep drivers as independent contractors — via The Verge
- Light at the End of The Tunnel? USDOL Signals Intent to (Finally) Issue Classification Rules — via Gig Employer Blog
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Decertification of FLSA Off-the-Clock Case — via Employment Class Action Blog
- As Second Circuit Buys into “Fair Interpretation” of the FLSA, “Narrow Construction” Stalls Out — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Fight for $15 — via Labor Relations Online
Labor
- Leslie Smith’s labor complaint thrown out by the NLRB — via MMA Mania
- You’ve Got Mail! NLRB Chairman Issues Letter Regarding Employer Email Case — via Labor Relations
- The NLRB's Regulation of Email — via Workplace Prof Blog
OSHA & Safety
- The Effect of Mental and Financial Wellness in the Workplace — via HR Hero Line
- Facing Addiction in the Workplace: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog