On Feb. 1, my daughter's band, Fake ID, will compete in the 2020 Tri-C High School Rock Off. The Rock Off is in its 24th year and is one of the biggest (and most prestigious) competitions for high school rock bands anywhere.
Tickets are only $10, include full access to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (where the event is held, and usually a $28 admission ticket on its own), and help support the band you buy them from. Email me if you'd like tickets.
Here's what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Avoiding Gender Discrimination: Train Your Team on Using Correct Pronouns — via EntertainHR
- Second-guessing the advice columns: The morning after the workplace party — via Employment & Labor Insider
- A disabled ex-employee is suing Apple over claims of unfair dismissal — via TiPb
- Nuclear Power Company Avoids ADA Discrimination Claim Meltdown — via Employment Law Lookout
- ADA Pleading Tips — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
HR & Employee Relations
- Forcing a smile at work leads to drinking at home, study suggests — via Boy Genius Report
- A 30-Minute Commute Is All Most People Are Willing to Take — via SHRM Blog
- Gaslighting exists, and it’s horrible, so we should invoke the term carefully — via Minding the Workplace
- Trending in 2020: The (Somewhat) New Workplace — via TalentCulture
Technology
- A worker complained on Twitter about a $6 holiday gift from his employer. It didn’t end well. — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- Uncoded Bias in AI Hiring — via HR Examiner
- 5 Cybersecurity Takeaways From 2019 — via Accellis Technology Group
- The Hidden Cost of Ransomware: Wholesale Password Theft — via Krebs on Security
- Right Now, Hackers Are Interacting with Your Employees—Are They Prepared? — via HR Hero Line
- IoT Security: How Far We've Come, How Far We Have to Go — via Dark Reading
- If You’ve Got Discoverable Data In Slack, You’re Gonna Want To Read This — via Above the Law
- Ninth Circuit Doubles Down on Bad Ruling That Undermines Cybersecurity–Enigma v. Malwarebytes — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Wage & Hour
- Illegal Internship: Two Years of Experience, No Salary, No Equity — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- The new overtime law is here — if you earn less than $35,568, read this — via Ask a Manager
- DOL Releases Final Rule Updating the Regular Rate and Basic Rate Requirements Effective January 15, 2020 — via Wyatt Employment Law Report
- As Other States Throw Up Roadblocks, Tennessee Makes Changes To Boost Gig Economy — via Gig Employer Blog
- Judge Denies TRO to Freelance Journalists and Photographers Seeking Relief From California’s Controversial Independent Contractor Statute — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- WHD Issues Its First Opinion Letters of the … Decade — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
Labor
- The Property Problem in the NLRB's Email Case — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Back to Basics: Get to know the NLRA — it's not just for unionized employers — via HR Dive
- Labor 101 for Undergraduate Workers Seeking To Unionize — via Workplace Fairness
OSHA & Safety
- Drug Testing Best Practices in the Wake of Cannabis Legalization — via EntertainHR
- Best Practices for Investigating Whether Your Employee Was Hurt at Work — via HR Hero Line
- Delta employees allege Lands' End-provided uniforms caused illnesses — via HR Dive
- OSHA Standard Interpretation Repeats Vague Warnings on Employee Use of Headphones in the Workplace — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog