WIRTW #271 (the “too hot to work” edition)

Do you remember the dental hygienist whom the Iowa Supreme Court declared too hot to work? Earlier this week, she attempted to “redeem” herself by appearing on a recent episode of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 [h/t Above the Law] (NSFW):

Tosh.0

I’m happy to see that Ms. Nelson doesn’t perceive herself as a piece of meat to be inappropriately ogled by men. After Ms. Nelson lost her sex discrimination case I had sympathy for her because I thought the Iowa court made bad law. I still believe Nelson’s case is bad law; my sympathy for her, however, has gone down the drain.

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

Discrimination

• Senator Murphy: Prospects “Not Too Good” for Federal Bill Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Senate must act on gay workplace rights — from The Washington Post
• Hooter’s Waitress Alleges That Brain Surgery Resulted In Her Losing To Losing Her Job — from Workplace Prof Blog
• What Does GINA Have to Do With Employment Practices? — from The Emplawyerologist
• EEOC Checkup: Where Things Stand — from employeescreenIQ Blog
• What The Interactive Process Requires — from California Employment Law
• A Workplace Harassment Case for the Record Books — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
• Teach Employees about Sexual Harassment — from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions

Social Media & Workplace Technology

• Monitoring employees’ use of company trademarks in social media — from Technology for HR
• If worker social media accounts are private, how can financial firms check for trading issues? — from ABA Journal Daily News
• Breaking Bad? NM is the 6th state to pass social media workplace law — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Federal Court Allows Service On Foreign Defendants Through Facebook — from Trading Secrets
• The top 5 trends in mobile and BYOD security — from Consumerization Blog

HR & Employee Relations

• California Court Tosses Idea Theft Suit Over LOST Television Show Out to Sea — from Trading Secrets
• From bullying, to mobbing, to ouster: The story of Ann Curry — from Minding the Workplace
• Being Proactive May Reduce Risk for Corporate Raiding and Loss of Sensitive Company Information — from netWORKed Lawyers
• Workplace Violence: Some things an employer can do — from Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• Lessons from Boston: Employers confront terrorism — from Michigan Employment Law Connection
• How Elevators Reveal Office Pecking Order — from Fast Company

Wage & Hour

• Department of Labor to Increase Frequency of FMLA On-Site Investigations — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
• Can Employers Limit FMLA Leave for Married Co-Workers? — from Hiring & Firing
• Employing teens – is it ok not to pay them for “training time”? — from Warren & Associates Blog
• Are Unpaid Interns Handy Helpers or a Source of Liability? — from Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
• Do FLSA Settlements Require Court Approval? — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
• Payment of Wages While on Lock-Down — from CPEhr