My daughter’s band, Fake ID, just recorded demos of a few of their original songs. Check them out on Soundcloud; they’d really appreciate it.
They will be performing some of these songs live at the Rock Hall tomorrow night for the first round of the Tri-C High School Rock Off. Fake ID is officially sold out of their ticket allotment (on behalf of the band, a big thank you to all who bought tickets), but they are still available through the Rock Hall’s box office, and will be sold at the door on the night of the event on a first-come-first-served basis. Cleveland.com calls the Rock Off “one of the most important — and best — musical events in Northeast Ohio.” Having attended in years past, I can vouch. It’s a fun night, with creative kids showing off their musical chops in a great venue (even if Norah’s not on stage).
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Victoria Lipnic won’t seek third term on EEOC — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Transgender Employees Are Not Waiting for the Supreme Court… — via Janette Levey Frisch’s Emplawyerologist Blog
- EEOC Enforcement Data Shows Decrease In Overall Complaints For FY19 — via The Employment Brief
- New chart: EEOC Discrimination Charge Data for FY1997-2019 — via Phil Miles’ Lawffice Space
- Man claims bank discriminated against him for, get this, refusing to deposit a race discrimination settlement check — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- The Federal “Ban the Box” Law Is Enacted While Evidence Suggests that Such Laws Do Not Have the Intended Consequences — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
- Genetic Information Discrimination Apparently is Not Spreading — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
HR & Employee Relations
- Is workplace rudeness on the rise? — via The Trumbull Times
- I Can’t Work With You! How Political Fights Leave Workplaces Divided — via NPR’s All Things Considered
- Layoff Anxiety and Approaches to Termination — via HR Hero Line
- My Employees Are Fighting About Kobe Bryant — via Evil Skippy at Work
- The reason remote work can go spectacularly wrong — via Ask a Manager
- A Deeper Dive into What It’s Like to Come to Work with a Serious Illness: And It’s Impact. — via Workology
- U-Haul’s Nicotine-Free Policy: Fostering Wellness, or Cutting Costs? — via TalentCulture
- Construction Company Ordered to Pay for Former Employee’s Medical Cannabis — via Labor & Employment Law Navigator
Technology
- A Reporter’s Suspension After Tweeting About Kobe Bryant’s Dismissed 2004 Rape Case, Offers a Teachable Moment in Workplace Ethics — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Cyber, Data Privacy, Diversity Top List of Risky Concerns for General Counsel This Year — via Law.com
- It’s Data Privacy Day — is your personal data safe? and Celebrate Data Privacy Day by locking your iPhone down! — via TiPb
- Ransomware Demands Get a Lot More Expensive and Cyberinsurance Costs are Rising — via Ride The Lightning
- Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards — via Krebs on Security
- Artificial Intelligence: Supporting Ethics and Removing Bias Not a Priority for Executives — via EntertainHR
Labor
- Unions and Your Company: A Cautionary Tale (The Ringer) — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
- Expect More Pro-Business Rulings From NLRB This Year — via Labor Employment Law Blog
- NLRB Releases Multiple Advice Memoranda Covering a Range of Hot Button Topics — via Employment Law Worldview
- Trump’s NLRB Quietly Makes It Riskier To Wear Union Schwag at Work — via Today’s Workplace
- Unions face another year of eroding membership as the war on workers continues — via Workplace Fairness
OSHA & Safety
- Can You Fire an Employee Who Refuses To Travel for Business to a Coronavirus “Hot Spot”? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- CDC expands health screenings for coronavirus to 20 airports — via The Verge
- Revamping Your Office Emergency Management Protocol — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Young Workers Need Companies to Prioritize Mental Health — via Harvard Business Review
Read later - Weed at Work: Should Employers Expand “Alcohol at Work” to Cover Recreational Cannabis? — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog