What are your plans this weekend? I'll be avoiding the internet until 10:30 Sunday night.
We have a 6:40 Saturday showing of Avengers: Endgame, followed by Sunday night on the couch to see if the the gathered forces of good at Winterfell can stop the Night King and his army of the dead on Game of Thrones.
— The Night King (@WightsKing) May 12, 2018
I'll need a Xanax and a glass of wine to get to sleep after all this is done. #NoSpoilers
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Google Walkout Leaders Now Claim Retaliation — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Ending Harassment at Work Requires an Intersectional Approach — via Harvard Business Review
- Why Holocaust Remembrance Matters Now More Than Ever — via Jonathan HR Law
- How in the world did a DEAD person get suspended for racist behavior?!? — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- CHRO Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination — via Dan Schwartz's Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Think 3.8 Million Times About Accommodating Nursing Moms At Work — via The Emplawyerologist
- Causation Under ADA and Rehabilitation Act — via Understanding the ADA
HR & Employee Relations
- Workin’ Moms: Unapologetically Exploring Maternity Issues — via HR Hero Line
- When You Don’t Get the Flexibility You Were Promised — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- On following evil orders at work — via Minding the Workplace
- Starbucks Prepares to Settle Lawsuits Over Flawed Background Checks — via Law.com
- Five must-know issues about Employment Practices Liability Insurance — via California Employment Law Report
- Beware of the Dangers of Marijuana Legalization Laws for Non-U.S. Citizen Workers — via Employment Law Letter
- Do I need to work with the woman my father had an affair with? — via Ask a Manager
- How to Conduct Effective Workplace Investigations — via Texas Labor Law Blog
Technology
- The Mueller Team Worked Without Cell Phones — via HR Hero Line
- More than half of employees are handling their coworker conflicts online — via Workplace Diva
- The Perils of Employee Monitoring — via In House
- The Legal and Ethical Implications of Using AI in Hiring — via Harvard Business Review
- When can we finally get rid of passwords? — via The Verge
- 5 Ways To Recognize A Phishing Email — via Accellis Technology Group
- Make Cybersecurity Every Employee’s Job — via TLNT
- New NIST Publication: Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications — via Ride The Lightning
Wage & Hour
- Mixed Messages, Misclassification, and My Visit to Ohio E-Check: Just Another Day on My Way to the Office — via Who Is My Employee?
- Michigan’s Attorney General Announces New Unit to Crack Down on Payroll Fraud — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- Missouri District Court Decertifies FLSA Class of IT Workers — via Employment Class Action Blog
- How to Avoid Misclassifying Unpaid Interns This Summer—and All Year Long — via EntertainHR
- Everything’s (Gig)ger in Texas: New State Law Classifies Gig Workers As Contractors — via Gig Employer Blog
Labor
- The NLRB Continues To Chip Away At Individual Protected Concerted Activity — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- Defining Right-to-Work States and Why More States Should Adopt Them — via The L•E•Jer
- Top Labor Boss Talks Politics, Trade — via CUE, Inc.
OSHA & Safety
- You Can’t Get Back on Temporary Total Disability By Mowing the Grass and Picking Up Trash in Your Yard, Says the Ohio Supreme Court — via Employers Workers' Compensation Law Blog
- How CBD Oil Impacts Employment Drug Screenings — via Workology
- Pennsylvania woman killed after falling into meat grinder at work — via ABC News
- Worried about Drug Use in the Workplace? — via Employment Discrimination Report