My kids went back to school this week. 5th grade for Donovan and 8th grade for Norah. I sent them off with this advice.
Word to live by, whether you’re a student, an employee, or just a human being.
Try your hardest, be your best you, and always be kind.
Word to live by, whether you’re a student, an employee, or just a human being.
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- EEOC doesn’t sign US brief telling Supreme Court that transgender discrimination is legal — via ABA Journal Daily News
- Employment Law Checklist Project: No Discrimination for Sexual Orientation, Unless You’re a Religious Institution — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- An employer between a rock and a hard place — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Employee Believed To Have Tampered With Drug Test Cannot Prove Disability Discrimination — via The Employment Brief
- California Court: Sexual Harassment Witness Isn’t Off-Limits — via EntertainHR
- Unfair Parental Leave Policies Plague Employers — via California Employment Law
HR & Employee Relations
- Forget Work-Life Balance. Try this Instead — via Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady
- ICE May Visit Your Company or University Campus – a Quick Checklist and Guidance — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- It’s Time to Dust Off Your Employee Handbook: Four Policies You Should Review Today — via The Staffing Stream
- Are No-Poach Agreements Becoming Extinct? — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- Labor and Employment Quick Takes: What Companies Need to Know about “No-Poach” Agreements — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
Technology
- Robert De Niro’s company sues ex-employee for binge-watching Friends at work — via Consequence of Sound
- 4 Phishing Tactics That Dupe the Legal Profession — via Law.com - In-House Counsel
Wage & Hour
- Monty Python And The Holy Grail Illustrates Wage-And-Hour Law (Part I) — via Above the Law
- DOL eyes changes to FLSA regs on fluctuating workweek — via HR Dive
- FMLA forms may be changing soon. What will they say? How will HR cope? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Whew! Fifth Circuit Reinforces Importance of Documenting Performance Issues — via Employment Law Lookout
Labor
- Proposed Labor Board Rule Would Streamline Elections to Oust Unions — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Beware the PRO Act (or at least be aware) — via CUE, Inc.
OSHA & Safety
- What We Can Learn From the Long Beach Marriott About Preventing Workplace Shootings — via Janette Levey Frisch’s EmpLAWyerologist Blog
- Cookie Dough Maker Hit With Big Safety Fine — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog