Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin spice. Pumpkin carving. Pumpkin festivals. Fall is officially the season of the pumpkin. What are you doing Sunday, October 14? I'll be enjoying the return of Fake ID, as Norah and her bandmates take the stage from 11 – 1 at the Hiram House Camp Pumpkin Festival. They won't be hard to find on the property; just follow the music. Tickets are only $5 and are available here (kids under 12 are free).
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Can You Make Your Employees Get Flu Shots? — via The Emplawyerologist
- Addressing Workplace Harassment #WeAreWork — via Next Blog
- The Deceptive Complexity of Criminal Background Checks — via Jonathan HR Law
- Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules that Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing — via Employment Law Lookout
- Pregnancy Discrimination Brings Out The Mummies — via FisherBroyles
- Is it retaliation to fire an HR employee for encouraging a co-worker to file an EEOC charge? Well — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- Recent OFCCP Activity Signals Greater Transparency and Collaboration for Federal Contractors — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
Technology
- Cybersecurity Practices Every Employee Can Follow — via Accellis Technology Group
- 4 Traits of a Cyber-Resilient Culture — via Dark Reading
- 5 cybersecurity tips for small businesses — via Fox Business
- Employees Share Average of 6 Passwords With Co-Workers — via Ride The Lightning
- Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever — via Krebs on Security
- Facebook’s Latest Data Breach Compromises 50 Million Personal and Business Accounts — via Shear on Social Media Law
- Chinese spies reportedly inserted microchips into servers used by Apple, Amazon, and others — via The Verge
- The Pros and Cons of Wearable Technology in the Workplace — via EntertainHR
- Law Schools Scrutinizing Applicants' Social Media Posts — via Law.com
HR & Employee Relations
- The Golden Rule of the Workplace? It’s the No. 1 Way to Avoid Employment Lawsuits. — via Fistful of Talent
- Episode 47 – A Judge is Kinda Supposed to Know the Rules of Evidence — via Marc Alifanz's and Dennis Westlind's Hostile Work Environment Podcast
- The Importance of Listening in Employment Law — via Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Massachusetts: Quit Your Job, Keep Getting Paid — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Remote Workers — via Harvard Business Review
- Telecommuting and Implications in the Workplace — via HR Gazette
- Working moms face more challenges than working dads, study says — via HR Dive
- This Is Important: Employers Need To Immediately Update Their FCRA “Summary Of Rights” Form — via BeLabor The Point
- Can Fraud Investigations Reduce Fraud? — via Tracy Coenen's FRAUDfiles
Wage & Hour
- Amazon Raising All US Workers to a Minimum of $15/hr Is The Simplest Business Decision Ever... — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Employers, Why Don't You Require That Employees Call Two Phone Numbers to Request FMLA Leave? — via Jeff Nowak's FMLA Insights
- FMLA quirks quiz! — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
Labor
- A $15 Minimum Wage Is Good, But Amazon Workers Still Need a Union — via Motherboard
- What is the Test for Joint Employment? It Depends. — via Who Is My Employee?
- The Shifting Sands of the Joint Employer Test — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
- The NLRB Joint Employer Test: Much Ado About Nothing? — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Employers Have Opportunity to Comment on NLRB’s Proposed Joint Employer Rule — via Wyatt Employment Law Report
- More Unions Rebuff “New NAFTA — via CUE, Inc.
- Federal Court Shoots Down Illinois Town’s Right-To-Work Law — via Labor Relations
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Dings Ohio Employer $213K for Crushed Arm Caused by Unintentional Machine Start-Up — via Joe's HR and Benefits Blog
- FY 2019 OSHA Budget Is Here: Good News, But More Work to be Done — via Workplace Fairness
- Another Low Employer Response Rate on Electronic Submission of 300A Forms — via OSHA Law Blog