Toy Story has played a huge party in my life. Donovan is a Toy Story fanatic. He’s seen every movie hundreds of times. He has what seems like every toy and every stuffy. Until the age of 6, every article of clothing he owned had a Toy Story character on it somewhere. Buzz and Woody (but especially Buzz) got him (and, by extension, us) through some really tough times when Donovan was a toddler. How could we do anything other than see Toy Story 4 on opening night.
My four word, spoiler-free review: Go now! (Bring tissues.)
My slightly longer, still spoiler-free review: Lots and lots of tissues.
My even longer, yet still spoiler-free review: Nostalgia has a very strong pull. It’s apt that much of this movie takes place in an antique shop, a place that’s all about nostalgia. Toy Story is extraordinarily nostalgic for my family, and if this is end of the road for the series, I can’t imagine a better ending.
Here’s what I read this week:
Discrimination
- LGBTQ Employees Face A Double Stigma — via FisherBroyles
- Seventh Circuit Weighs In On Obesity Disability Debate — via The Employment Brief
- White People And The N-Word: A Complicated Relationship? — via Above the Law
- Accommodating Nut Allergies — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- When it comes to avoiding claims of age discrimination, consider the optics — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Litigating Sex Harassment in the #MeToo Era — via California Employment Law
- “Dads in the workplace” quiz! — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
HR & Employee Relations
- Workism: Employees Need to Understand the Role of Work In Their Lives — via hr bartender
- Whatever You Do, Don’t Let a Customer Service Mistake Fester — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- How to shut down gossip at work — via Ask a Manager
- Using Severance Packages to Manage Problem Employees Out of Your Workforce — via EntertainHR
- The new rules of today’s multigenerational workforce — via Laurie Ruettimann
Technology
- You Better Treat Your Machines With Respect — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
- Are you using your data collected by AI ethically? Probably not! — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Cybersecurity Accountability Spread Thin in the C-Suite — via Dark Reading
- Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform Logistics — via Harvard Business Review
Wage & Hour
- Deep Breaths about Wage Theft — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
- Congress makes minimum wage history, going the longest without an increase since 1938 — via Workplace Fairness
- A Four Day Workweek? — via BeLabor The Point
- After Robert R Died, the State Agency Kept Sending Him Assessments. Then I Did This… — via Who Is My Employee?
- Factors in Classifying Contractors vs. Employees — via HR Hero Line
- Gig Workers Get New Allies In Fight For Better Pay And Workplace Rights: Uber And Lyft — via Gig Employer Blog
Labor
- NLRB Rules That Employer’s Exclusion of Union Employees From Paid Holiday Granted to Non-Union Employees is Lawful — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- NLRB Rebalances Employers’ Rights to Prohibit Union Solicitation on Their Property — via Management Memo
OSHA & Safety
- How to Create a Workplace that Supports Mental Health — via The HR Gazette
- The Occupational Phenomenon Called Employee Burnout — via SHRM Blog
- A Welcome Shift in How State Bars Are Addressing Mental Health — via Attorney at Work
- How to Create a Workplace that Promotes Mental Health — via HR Hero Line
- Health is Wealth even for Remote Workers: Tips to Keep Healthy While Working At Home — via Take It Personel-ly
- How To Improve Workplace Safety — via Texas Labor Law Blog
- Workplace Safety Do’s and Don’ts — via GMS Blog
- Hitting the Grass Ceiling: More Laws, Less Clarity About Marijuana in the Workplace — via The Emplawyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Nevada Blazes a Path; First State to Ban Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing — via Employment Law Worldview