Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Sex and the CEO — via Jonathan HR Law
- Stuffing Discrimination Complaints Into Thanksgiving? Feast on these Cases — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- There’s retaliation, and then there’s locking the complainant in a walk-in freezer. (Allegedly) — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog
- Ohio Fairness Act Takes Important First Step in Ohio House Committee — via Ohio Chamber Blog
- LGBTQ Rights in Employment: Does it Boil Down to the “Bathroom Use” Question Again? — via BeLabor The Point
HR & Employee Relations
- Can Music Increase Your Workplace Productivity? — via HR Gazette
- It’s Perfectly Legal to be an Asshole. — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
- How harmful thought patterns about workplace bullying and mobbing may accelerate the aging process — via Minding the Workplace
- Going Back to Work After a Pregnancy Loss — via Harvard Business Review
- How do I talk to my coworker about her body odor? — via Ask a Manager
Technology
- Facebook built a facial recognition app that identified employees — via Engadget HD
- Shaping Better Workplaces Through Social Media Screening — via Workology
- Cybersecurity in the Age of AI and Why Cybersecurity Isn’t Only a Tech Problem — via Harvard Business Review
- An Alarming Number of Software Teams Are Missing Cybersecurity Expertise — via Dark Reading
- Seeking Insurance for Cybersecurity-Related Losses — via The D & O Diary
Wage & Hour
- Big Media Finds out that Salary Secrecy is Dead. Spreadsheets Share Everything — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Compliance with FLSA Overtime Rule Changes 2020 — via Staffing Industry Analysts
- 11th Cir.: Arbitration Clause Requiring Fee/Cost Splitting Violates the FLSA — via Overtime Law Blog
Labor
- Fired Google Employees Vow Federal Labor Complaint — via Forbes
- The NLRB Rules that Unpaid Interns Are Not Employees Under the Act — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- NLRB’s LA Specialty Produce Decision Provides More Clarity on Employee Handbook Rule Standards — via Employment Law Worldview
- Buttigieg campaign staffers join union — via CUE, Inc.
OSHA & Safety
- Workers sue McDonald’s over workplace violence — via HR Dive
- McDonalds to Train Store Employees on Mitigating & Identifying Violence — via Blogging4Jobs
- Attorney Mental Health: ‘Thanksgiving’ Isn’t Just a Holiday — via Law.com - In-House Counsel
- Erasing the Workplace Stigma of Behavioral Health Conditions — via EntertainHR
- Fifth Circuit Provides New Grounds for Employers to Pursue Late Notices of Contest to OSHA Citations — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
- How to Take Advantage of OSHA’s ‘Employee Misconduct’ Defense — via HR Hero Line
- OSHA Signals Its Regulatory Priorities in Fall Agenda — via OSHA Law Blog
- No Medical Marijuana in Ohio BWC’s Drug-Free Workplace — via Labor & Employment Law Navigator