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Here’s what I read this week.
- Can your business prevent Oscar from living in a trash can without violating the ADA? — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- The Anxiety of Being the “Only” — via Harvard Business Review
- Are we all textualists now?: Amy Howe and Kevin Russell discuss oral arguments in LGBT employment discrimination cases — via SCOTUSblog
- The Supreme Court Case Testing the Limits of Gorsuch’s Textualism — via Workplace Fairness
- New on LGBT issues and the law: religious tax exemptions, Title VII coverage — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Teacher sues school after getting fired for using wrong gender pronouns — via Phil Miles’ Lawffice Space
- Employers, Retaliating Against An Employee Who Discloses a Disability Is a Sure Way To Get Sued — via FisherBroyles
HR & Employee Relations
- The Movie “JOKER” is a Story about You, Me and Our Complete Lack of Empathy... — via The HR Capitalist
- Half of working parents say they can’t give 100% on the job — via HR Dive
- 62% of U.S. employees think children should never be brought to work — via Workplace Diva
- When Fantasy Football Impacts the Reality of the Workplace — via The Labor Dish
- Can a Party Recover Damages for the Anticipated Future Use of Trade Secrets? — via Trading Secrets
- Belief That Information Is a Trade Secret, Even If It Isn’t, Is Enough to Be Convicted for Attempted Theft of Trade Secrets — via Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
Tech
- Employee “likes” critical posts on LinkedIn — via Ask a Manager
- How to Build a Rock-Solid Cybersecurity Culture — via Dark Reading
- More Than 100 Law Firms Have Reported Data Breaches. And the Problem Is Getting Worse — via Law.com - In-House Counsel
- Job Positions and Cybersecurity — via HR Gazette
Wage & Hour
- New FLSA Changes 2019 – – What You Need to Know — via hr bartender
- Paid FMLA – The Many Questions That Lie Ahead — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- 11th Cir.: Employee whose accounts were transferred did not experience FMLA retaliation — via HR Dive
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Updates on Distracted Driving in Employment and in the Workplace — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- Considerations in Drafting a Workplace Violence Policy — via HR Hero Line