WIRTW #818 (the 'late-night call' edition)

As a parent, when your daughter is overseas and your cell phone rings at 3:00 a.m., it's either a spam call or something has gone wrong. Two weeks ago, it was very much the latter.

It was Norah, calling from an airport in Romania, too sick to board her plane back to France. She needed my advice on what she should do.

By the end of the morning she'd been to an ER, gotten two bags of IV fluids, and rebooked her flight for the next day. My contribution was telling her to grab an air sickness bag and tough it out. I'm glad she ignored my advice and found a doctor instead.

But here's what I keep coming back to. She called me.

Every parent dreads the 3 a.m. phone call. I get it. But we have it backwards. That call means your kid, thousands of miles from home and in the middle of a mess, thought of you. It means they believe you'll pick up, stay calm, and help figure it out. That belief gets built over years, in a thousand small moments, long before the middle of the night.

The call to worry about is the one that never comes.

You can hear Norah tell the whole story, along with the rest of her recent European travels, on this week's Norah and Dad Show, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Overcast, in your browser, and everywhere else you get your podcasts.

Here's what I read this week.

Jensen Huang Broke an Unspoken Rule That Most Companies, and Their HR, Choose to Ignore — Evil HR Lady

When Does an Angry Response to a Discrimination Complaint Become Retaliation? — The Employer Handbook Blog

OWBPA mishap supports age bias claim, plaintiff says — Employment & Labor Insider

Home health company settles EEOC allegations it abided by clients' race-based preferences — HR Dive

Research: The Risks of Rewarding Top Employees with Better Schedules — Harvard Business Review

SpaceX must face sex-bias claims after appeals court rejects arbitration request — Reuters

Kylie Jenner Sued by Housekeeper Who Says Mogul's Dog Bit Her — Rolling Stone

Fired Employee Sues the Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin — Unchained

A CEO gave his employees Fridays off. Three years later, revenue is up about 160% — Fortune

Amazon worker fired over parking lot speeding loses all five claims — HCA Magazine

Trump administration proposes stricter work-search rules for unemployment benefits — CNBC