WIRTW #135

The post of the week belongs to Dan Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, who correctly identifies the major shortcomings with the National Sexual Harassment Registry recently launched by eBossWatch. It is a must read for anyone with a job.

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Litigation

• Depositions: Quit wasting time and money – from What About Clients?

• Does Your Firm Suffer from OCD? – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer

• FACTS? We (the jury) Don't Need No Stinking Facts. (Or, do we?) – from Deliberations

• Can Costs of Employment Arbitration Be Unfair to Employer? – from Paul Kirgis at ADR Prof Blog

• Metadata Scrubbing: Are Lawyers Finally Getting the Message? – from Ride The Lightning

• ABA Reports That Pro Se Representation Is Increasing, To The Litigants’ Detriment – from Cleveland Law Library Weblog

Discrimination & Harassment

• Harassment Case Against Steven Seagal Dismissed – from Lowering the Bar

• Novartis Enters Settlement Agreement for Remaining Members of Gender Bias Suit – from HR Hero’s Human Resources News

• Discrimination from the Bottom Up – from Richard Bales at Workplace Prof Blog

• EEOC Vice-Chair: What's Particularly Important for Employers? – from HR Daily Advisor

• Western District of Virginia Refuses to Dismiss Sexual Harassment Suit – from Laconic Law Blog

• Fitness-for-duty exam does not support a “regarded as disabled” claim – from Employment Law Matters

• 1st Circuit: Sexual desire is not a necessary element of a hostile work environment claim – from Work Matters

Wage & Hour

• 9th Cir: Jury Decides Employment Status – from Alaska Employment Law

• Department of Labor Examines New Approach for Enforcing Federal Employment Laws – from Wyatt Employment Law Report

• If you were the judge: Employee’s performance review referred to FMLA-covered absences – from HR Cafe

• Hot Times in HR – from Jim Brennan at Compensation Cafe

Social Media & Technology

• Do you text and drive? TeleNav survey shows about 1/4 of you do – from Smartphones and Cell Phones

• Be Careful What You Tweet – from Mark Toth’s Manpower Employment Blawg

• Social Media Policy – from NJ Hess Associates Blog / Patterns of Work

LeBron James

• On Leadership: Gilbert's Letter to LeBron - Leader or Looney? – from Kris Dunn, The HR Capitalist

• LeBron James’ Employment Background Check: He Stole Our Hearts – from Nick Fishman at the employeescreenIQ Blog

• Dan Gilbert and LeBron: Dealing with a departing employee – from Sindy Warren at the Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog

• The King Has No Clothes, Lebron’s Lessons For Work – from Workplace Fairness

• LeBron James? He’s Just a Glimpse at Your Employee of the Future – from TLNT

• LeBron Is Not Taking Less Money: A Quick Tax Overview – from Wills & Wealth

• LeBron James Faces ‘Reverse Paternity Suit’ Filed by Alleged Father – from Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs

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