A lesson we should all to take to heart, especially at work.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- "Fat shaming" costs employer big bucks — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
- No Place for Breastfeeding? That Will be $3.8 Million, Please — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- My Employee Wants The Whole Day Off on Good Friday — via Evil Skippy at Work
- Sexual harassment claims on the rise … and so is EEOC enforcement — via EmployerLINC
- If your job applications look anything like this, well, damn, you’ve got some ADA problems. — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- I’m Afraid of Being Me Too’d! — via The Tim Sackett Project
- “BE HEARD in the Workplace” Act Attempts To Fix Sexual Harassment/Discrimination Laws — via Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
- Sex Stereotyping, Transgender Status, and a Settlement with the EEOC — via FisherBroyles
HR & Employee Relations
- Seven Things to Know About Employee Monitoring — via The HR Gazette
- Try creating small moments of workplace delight — via Ragan.com
- The Stones, the Dalai Lama, and Arbitration: How Not to Get What You Need in an Arbitration Agreement — via Who Is My Employee?
Technology
- Mueller report forced Congress to find PCs with disc drives — via Engadget
- Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data Security — via Harvard Business Review
- Sedona Conference Cautions Against Siloed Approach to Information Governance — via Law.com
- Tips for the Aftermath of a Cyberattack — via Dark Reading
- How Not to Acknowledge a Data Breach — via Krebs on Security
- Facebook now welcomes social media regulation — via Walter Olson's Overlawyered
- Website Accessibility: Make Sure Your Website and Job Application Portal is Accessible — via California Employment Law
Wage & Hour
- So, you think you want to pay your employees with Cryptocurrencies, huh? Well, think again… The L•E•Jer
- There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch… — via Janette Levey Frisch's The EmpLAWyerologist Blog
- Seeking Clarity in a Game of Thrones and Joint Employment HR Hero Line
- McDonald’s Retreat on Fighting Wage Increases Shows the Tide Is Turning Workplace Fairness
Labor
- NLRA limitations on employee handbooks and policies — via Lawffice Space
- Proposed NLRB Election Rule Changes Expected This Spring — via Bloomberg Law
OSHA & Safety
- Employees are stressed out by their workloads and DOL introduces mental health toolkit for employers — via HR Dive
- Office Workplace Health Risks: Computers, Screens, Sitting, and More — via upstartHR
- OSHA Dings Employer $159K Over Amputations — via Joe's HR and Benefits Blog
- The Heat is Off… Review Commission Reverses Decision in Heat Stress Case — via OSHA Law Blog