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Here’s what I read the past two weeks.
Here’s what I read the past two weeks.
Discrimination
- No lockable private room for breast-feeding at workplace: $3.8 million award — via Overlawyered
- #MeToo: Looking to best teaching practices for effective training — via Employer Law Report
- What form of discrimination do juries hate most? (But, you’re probably doing the least to address.) — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- “Sexual harassment” in the nature of the business — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- 11th Cir.: Hospital employee fired for performance, not reporting racial slur — via HR Dive
- Federal Court Declares That a Ban on Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims Is Inconsistent with Federal Law — via Financial Services Employment Law
- USWNT – Enough Already, This IS RIDICULOUS! — via Compensation Cafe
- Applicants are not required to disclose a pregnancy before or after being offered a job — via Richmond Times-Dispatch
HR & Employee Relations
- Your Job Candidates and New Hires are Ghosting You. This is What You’ve Earned and 9 True Tales of Ghosting at Work — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Yikes!!! Sometimes HR Pros and Managers Can Be Personally Liable for Violations!!! — via The EmpLAWyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Office pranks shouldn’t end with the ER, vomit, or tears — via Ask a Manager
- Would You Fire Starbucks Employees Who Ask People to Leave for Questionable Reasons? — via The HR Capitalist
- Everybody Deserves PTO — via Laurie Ruettimann
Technology
- Border Patrol union president: Fire agents responsible for offensive Facebook posts — via CUE, Inc.
- Security Considerations in a BYOD Culture — via Dark Reading
- NIST Issues Report on Internet of Things Cybersecurity — via Ride The Lightning
- Cybersecurity For Businesses Part 1-How Cybersecurity Has Evolved — via Accellis
- Understanding Millennials’ And Technology’s Role In The Workforce, Part One — via Forbes
- More Companies Expanding Employee Monitoring — via EntertainHR
- Your Blockchain in HR Guide In Just 5 Minutes — via Workology
Wage & Hour
- To The Victors Go Few, If Any, Spoils In Wage And Hour Suits — via Law 360
- Can You Switch a Full-Time Worker Into a Contractor? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Which Are They? Independent Contractors Or Employees? Navigating The Conflicts Between State And Federal Law — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- The cost of a $15 federal minimum wage — via Workplace Fairness
- Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Time-Rounding Continue Reading — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- Dear Employers: You Can Go To Jail For Firing Employees Due To A Garnishment — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- This One’s a Whopper! Court Puts Kibosh on Burger King Franchisee That Required Two Calls to Request FMLA Leave — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
Labor
- NLRB speak on Employee Handbook Provisions (again). Private Sector Employers Take Note. — via BeLabor The Point
- The Gig Economy — via Labor Relations Institute
- NLRB Strengthens Employer Property Rights: What UPMC Means for Employers — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- NLRB Limits Duty to Bargain Over Disciplinary Actions — via Labor Employment Law Blog
OSHA & Safety
- Do I Have to Buy a Standing Desk for My Employee? — via upstartHR
- Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Workers’ Compensation Claimant Solicitation Law — via The Employment Brief
- Ohio Senate Removes Damaging Changes to Workers’ Compensation Budget — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- Nonprofit Workplaces — via Harvard Business Review
- What Else is at Issue in the BWC Budget Bill? — via Employers Workers’ Compensation Law Blog