It was a lovely day for golf yesterday at the annual KJK golf outing. If only my swing agreed.
On Wednesday, I’m hosting the July edition of the Employment Law Blog Carnival. Please send my way any post you’d like featured.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Podcast: “Discrimination Law in an Overlawyered America” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Pay Careful Attention to Pregnancy Accommodation Requests as EEOC Plans New Enforcement Guidance — from Employment Matters Blog
- Brave Men Take Paternity Leave — from Harvard Business Review
- SCOTUS Grants Cert. in Pregnancy Workplace Accommodation Case — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Walmart on Hook for $180K in EEOC Suit Alleging ADA Violation From Firing of Diabetic Employee — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Your Religion Shouldn’t Be on Your Résumé (Unless You’re Jewish) — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Are 9 Sexual Harassment Cases And A Naked Dancing Video Cause For Firing? Maybe Not — from Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Age Discrimination in the Tech Industry — from Workplace Prof Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Six degrees of Kevin Bacon, err, social media and the workplace — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- The Cost of Continuously Checking Email — from Harvard Business Review
- Can Employers Discipline Employees Who Post False Claims Of Harassment On Facebook? Yes, But Beware Of The Pitfalls — from Employment Law Lookout
- Court holds employers not liable for employee defamatory online speech made using employer computers. Plaintiffs can’t take the money and run! — from Employer Law Report
- Employees’ social media use: a refresher — from Technology for HR
HR & Employee Relations
- Adventures in employment agreements — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
- Employers Should Dot Their I’s and Cross Their T’s When Using Consumer Reporting Information — from Texas Employment Law Update
- Naked and Afraid HR — from The Tim Sackett Project
- Can neuroscience give us an accurate lie detector for employment disputes? — from Minding the Workplace
- The Moral of Workplace Morale — from Next Blog
- Do’s and Don’ts of Accepting Offers of Employment - NBA DRAFT VERSION — from The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
Wage & Hour
- DOL audits: What to expect when you’re expecting one — from Business Management Daily
- Wage and Hour Lawsuits More Prevalent in 2014 — from Overtime Lawyer Blog
- Why “Working Time” FLSA Lawsuit Settlement Irritates Me — from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- When is a Commute Not a Commute? In a Company Car (Well, Maybe)! — from Wage & Hour Insights
- Six reasons why Hobby Lobby does not spell “doom” for women — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider
Labor Relations
- Why calling the boss a “f**king a**hole” may be protected activity — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- You Be The “Judge”: Is Swearing at Work Protected by Federal Law? — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Latest No-Solicitation Policy to be Struck Down by the NLRB — from Matt Austin Labor Law
- Staying One Step Ahead of Norma Rae — Tips for Staying Union Free — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
- Employer’s Social Media Policy Found Not To Violate Employees’ Rights — from Michigan Employment Law Advisor
- GC To Board: Adopt New Joint Employer Standard — from Labor Relations Today
- How the NLRB Is Like Charlie Brown — from Minnesota Employer