Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- SCOTUS Watch: 2 High-Profile LGBTQ Cases Before The High Court — via Above the Law
- To Combat Harassment, More Companies Should Try Bystander Training — via Harvard Business Review
- Sexual Harassment Training in the #MeToo Era — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Nike Board Hit with Sexual Misconduct-Related Derivative Suit — via The D & O Diary
- The Next #Metoo Movement? — via FisherBroyles
- If at first you don’t succeed, sue, sue, and sue again. — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- National Origin, Discrimination, and Employers—Oh, My! — via HR Hero Line
- What is a Service Establishment and the IRS 20 Factor Test — via Understanding the ADA
Technology
- Numbers Don’t Lie: Smartphone Addiction May Be Taking Over Your Workplace — via Fistful of Talent
- Help! My Boss Just Followed Me On Twitter — via Deadspin
- The typical 'digital nomad' is a Gen X woman, study shows — via HR Dive
- Cybersecurity: This Way There Be Dragons — via Ride The Lightning
- Press Pause Before Using Biometric Tech in the Workplace — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- Spooking the C-Suite: The Ephemeral Specter of Third-Party Cyber-Risk — via Dark Reading
HR & Employee Relations
- Episode 50 – The Death and Dismemberment Episode (Live from PHRMA Oct 2018) — via Marc Alifanz's and Dennis Westlind's Hostile Work Environment Podcast
- Halloween Rerun: Real Life HR Horror Stories — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Cases Addressing Employee Protections Under Marijuana Laws Remain Inconsistent — via Employment Essentials
- Wake Up! You May Not Be Able to Fire an Employee For Sleeping on the Job… — via The Emplawyerologist
- Is ‘Whistleblowing’ a Healthy Workplace Practice? — via HR Gazette
- Have You Reviewed Your State’s Voting Leave Laws? — via Employment Discrimination Report
- Workplace Posting Requirements for Remote Workers — via hr bartender
Wage & Hour
- Employers must still use caution when using independent contractors — via EmployerLINC
- Honoring the Life of One Organ Donor Recipient With CTFMLA — via Dan Schwartz's Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Want to Crack Down on FMLA Abuse? Try the Chicago Way — via Jeff Nowak's FMLA Insights
- Intermittent Leave or Reduced Schedule Leave….Part 1 — via Michigan Employment Law
Labor
- Google Employees Around the World Are Protesting a History of Sexual Harassment at the Company — via Motherboard US
- Google employees worldwide are walking out today to protest handling of sexual misconduct — via The Verge
- Trump’s NLRB Just Quietly Ruled to Make Union Pickets Illegal — via Workplace Fairness
- Green Light! NLRB OKs Petition Seeking To Oust Union — via Labor Relations
- With New NLRB Proposed Rule, Browning-Ferris’s Days May Be Numbered — via Wyatt Employment Law Report
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Places Responsibility Squarely on General Contractors — via New Jersey Law Journal
- Mar-Jack: OSHA Inspectors “Are Not There For Us” — via Workplace Fairness