We are contemplating spending Spring Break in Rome. For those who've been, what's you best tip for first-time visitors? Sights not to be missed? Things that are off the beaten path? Where to stay? Best pizza? Best gelato?Drop a note in the comments below and let me know your Rome tips.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Google sued for allegedly covering up sexual misconduct allegations — via Engadget
- Boys and Thrones and Sexual Harassment — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
- Litigating against LGBT rights may win one case, but still be bad for business overall. — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- My coworkers complained that the look of my breasts post-mastectomy is making them uncomfortable — via Ask a Manager
- This Employer Got In Trouble For Changing an Employee’s Shift… — via The Emplawyerologist
- The ADA Does Not Obligate Employers To Make On-The-Spot Accommodations Of The Employee’s Choosing — via Employment Law Lookout
- Court Finds Employer’s Inquiry about Health Conditions of New Employees Absorbed in Merger Complies with ADA — via Iowa Employment Law Blog
- ADA: two gleams on a dark horizon — via Walter Olson's Overlawyered
HR & Employee Relations
- 13 New Year's Resolutions for HR Professionals — via ERC HR Insights Blog
- The Amazing Things Millennials Would Give up for Help with Student Loans — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Workplace Trends for 2019 Include Flexibility, and More News — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Opinion analysis: Kavanaugh’s first opinion rejects vague exception limiting enforcement of arbitration agreements — via SCOTUSblog
- How to Create & Implement an Effective and Easy Discipline Policy & Procedure in 5 Simple Steps — via My HR Hero
- HR is it Time to Reevaluate your Organization’s Dress Code? — via Next Blog
Technology
- Why Should You Be Thinking About Your Employees’ Workplace Privacy? — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
- Do You Know What’s Hiding in Your Company’s Private Communications? — via Next Blog
- Workplace trends 2019: The office phone booth — via Workplace Diva
- Will the Rise of AI in 2019 Make the Workplace More ‘Disability Friendly’? — via HR Gazette
- Phishing scams keep getting smarter, making them difficult to spot — via Boy Genius Report
Wage & Hour
- BREAKING: New overtime regulations are on the way! — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
- How external forces are reshaping FLSA compliance — via HR Dive
- Are your bonuses really discretionary? — via Wage & Hour Insights
- How technology may alter your timekeeping — via Mike Haberman's Omega HR Solutions
- What Exactly is ‘de Minimis’? Working Off the Clock in World of E-Mail, Texts — via HR Hero Line
- Next Shot Fired: We’ve Read Grubhub’s 71-Page Appellate Response Brief So You Don’t Have To — via Gig Employer Blog
Labor
- Unions drag McConnell into shutdown blame game — via CUE, Inc.
- Negotiating a Labor Contract: Finding the Style that Suits You — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Company didn't violate NLRA by calling police on union reps — via HR Dive
OSHA & Safety
- Still Business-Friendly Times – DOJ Limits the Use of Agency Guidance Documents in Civil Enforcement — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- How People are Dying at Work — via AlabamaAtWork
- 2018: The Workplace Safety and Health Year in Review — via Workplace Fairness
- Five Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Employees First Aid — via HR Hero Line