Earlier this week, the EEOC released its FY 2010 charge filing statistics, which, to no surprise, reveal that in a bad economy employees file more claims. I’m leaving any additional recap and analysis to my blogging brethren who have already covered this story:
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Charts of EEOC Charges 1997-2010 – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
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Record Number of Charges Filed With EEOC – from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
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EEOC Statistics Reveal Jump in Discrimination Charges – from Delaware Employment Law Blog
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EEOC Reports Record Number of Charges in 2010 – from Wyatt Employment Law Report
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EEOC Reports Job Bias Charges Hit Record High in 2010 – from Alabama HR Law
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Private Sector Workplace Discrimination Charges Hit Record in 2010 – from Southwest Florida HR Law & Solutions
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Job Bias Claims Hit New Record In 2010 – from Workplace Diva
 
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
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When Your Manager Has Been Accused of Sexual Harassment – from Daniel Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
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GINA Final Regulations are Effective 1/10/2011: Are You Ready? – from Michael Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
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GINA Compliance? – from World of Employment
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GINA sleepy so far, but don’t get caught unaware – from CCH’s Employment Law Daily
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Is There More to the Story About the New Mom Who Quit Her Job Because She Was Denied Access to a Lactation Room? – from Patrick Smith’s Iowa Employment Law Blog
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Beginning The New Year With Breastfeeding – from Social Media Employment Law Blog
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Crying At Work, A Woman’s Burden – from Jenna Goudreau’s The Other Half
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The Top 5 Most Intriguing Decisions In EEOC Cases Of 2010 – from Workplace Class Action Litigation
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Interview Questions - Make them “Legal” – from Rob Radcliff’s Smooth Transitions
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First Circuit holds that Title VII does not protect employees from the “ordinary slings and arrows that suffuse the workplace every day.” – from Employment Law Matters
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Jury Awards $5.8 Million To White Supervisor In National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit – from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog
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Is Retaliation for Complaining About Sexual Orientation Discrimination a Violation of Title VII? – from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer
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ADA accommodations: Do jobs held by temps count as “vacant”? – from Stephen Meyer’s HR Cafe
 
Social Media & Workplace Technology
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How Facebook Can Make or Break Your Case: The Plaintiff’s Arsenal – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
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Taking a Photo with a Placenta Won’t Get You Kicked Out of Nursing School – from Kashmir Hill’s The Not-So Private Parts
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Social Media Law Predictions For 2011 – from Shear on Social Media Law
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Production of Litigation Hold Letters & Imaging Hard Drives – from Bow Tie Law’s Blog
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Computer Fraud & Abuse Act: Eleventh Circuit Finds Employer’s Policy Defines Limits of Employee's Authorized Access – from Trade Secrets & Non-Compete Blog
 
HR & Employee Relations
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What Can a Company Do With a Dangerous Employee? – from Suzanne Lucas at BNET
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The Arizona shootings and your workplace – from Sindy Warren at the Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog
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Brits to make it easier to hire/fire workers – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
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Britain to Relax Employment Laws in Effort to Increase Employment – from Workplace Prof Blog
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Will Your Company’s Non-Competition Agreement Be Enforceable When You Need It? – from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
 
Wage & Hour
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Workplace Flexibility and the Bottom Line – from Steven Greenhouse at the New York Times
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Reporting Time Pay: A Wage and Hour Winter Wonderland – from Wage & Hour Counsel
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“Heads-Up” That Employee “Might” Take FMLA Leave Insufficient to Invoke FMLA Protections – from The FMLA Blog
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The Supreme Court Identifies Medical Residents as Employees – from Maryland Employment Law Developments
 
Labor Relations
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State of the Unions – from James Surowiecki at The New Yorker
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Sixth Circuit Holds That Ohio Wrongful Termination Claim Pre-Empted By NLRA – from Employer Law Report
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NLRB Proposed Workplace Notice Likely to Spark Uptick in Union Activity – from EFCA & Labor Law Reform Blog
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Employer Found Liable for Damages for Accessing Former Employees’ Personal Emails – from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
 
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