There is still one week left to enter Medical Costs Price Is Right. The bids so far:
- $10,000
- $62,000
- $64,250
- $92,750
- $117,684.34
- $192,000
The official rules, along with a picture of the exiting prize package are here. Remember, there are three ways to enter:
- Posting a comment to the original blog post.
- Send a reply with your guess to @jonhyman on Twitter, using the hashtag #MedicalCostsPriceIsRight.
- Post your guess on the wall of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog Facebook Page, also using the hashtag #MedicalCostsPriceIsRight.
Happy bidding!
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment 2.0: Damn I’d Like To Tag That... – from Fistful of Talent
- “Grace Period for ADA Modifications Proposed in Congress” – from Overlawyered
- 19-Days Off for Hajj as a Religious Accommodation – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
- Job Applicant Not Hired by Private Employer Because of Bankruptcy Has No Discrimination Claim Under Bankruptcy Code – from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
- “Showdown on Wal-Mart sex-discrimination case: Supreme Court ruling could open the door for broader use of statistics to prove job bias” – from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing
- Non-Decision-Maker Bias & Discrimination Liability Under “Cat’s Paw” Theory in Supreme Court’s Staub v. Proctor Hospital Decision. Part II — Commentary – from George's Employment Blawg
- 4th Circuit Rules for Employee in Same-Sex Harassment Case – from Workplace Prof Blog
- Mrs. Palsgraf and the cat’s-paw doctrine – from Work Matters
- People With Criminal Records “Need Not Apply” – from fyiscreening
- Supremes Pretty Consistently Oppose Retaliation – from Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- American Idol Contestant Claims in Bias Suit He Was Told to ‘Gay It Up’ – from ABA Journal Daily News
Employee Relations & HR
- The Monty Python Guide to Being a Better Boss – from BNET
- Steps for Effective Discipline – from Michael Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Fired in Real Time: The Perp Walk – from Workplace Fairness
- Preventing Workplace Violence: What’s Your Business’ Plan? – from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
- Ricky Gervais on Not Having a Real Job – from Harvard Business Review
- Why Workplace Bullying Should Be Legal – from the Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Los Angeles Times piece on workplace bullying and the Healthy Workplace Bill – from David Yamada’s Minding the Workplace
- Who Needs Background Checks with Applicants Like These? from employeescreenIQ Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- FACT: Employers can sue employees for social networking – from The Employer Handbook Blog
- Social Media Spotlight: Feds’ Latest Attack on Computer-Use Policies – from Labor Relations Institute
- What is a photocopier? – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
Wage & Hour
- 7th Circuit Provides Further Guidance Regarding an Employee’s Obligation to Provide Notice of FMLA Leave – from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
- Supreme Court Holds that a Verbal Complaint Constitutes “Filing” Under the FLSA in a 6-2 Majority (Kagan, J., not participating) – from Fitzpatrick on Employment Law
- Where FMLA Bonding Leave is at Issue, Unmarried Parents Have More Generous Leave Rights – from FMLA Insights
- Family Dollar FLSA Litigation Update – from Fair Labor Standards Act Law
- Labor Pains – from Corporate Counsel
- Do higher wages make you work harder? Do lower wages make you slack off? – from Slate Magazine
Labor Relations
- Tell Us Something We Didn’t Know from LaborPains.org
- NLRB Hints At Broader Agenda In Witness Statement Case – from Labor Relations Update
- NLRB On Concerted Activity – from Workplace Prof Blog
- NLRB Provides Representation Case Data, Allows Submission of Supplemental Briefs in Specialty Healthcare – from Seth Borden at Labor Relations Today
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