WIRTW #493 (the “Super Bowl” edition)

Today’s goal:

Strive to be the type of employer that engenders this type of loyalty in your employees.


Here’s what I read this week:

Harassment

• Friends Do NOT Let Friends Engage in Harassing Conduct — via Jonathan HR Law
• Dealing with Sexual Harassment When Your Company Is Too Small to Have HR — via Harvard Business Review
• #MeToo: Where was HR? — via Next Blog
• Listening for Sexual Harassment — via HR Gazette
• I’m just going to leave some not-so-subtle hints here about how to up your company’s harassment-training game — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog

Discrimination

• From Facebook to Monster – Age Discrimination in Social Media Job Ads. — via Workplace Prof Blog
• Avoid EEOC Trouble By Smart Hiring, Sound Procedures and Soft Skills — via TLNT
• Some of Us Hear You — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
• Nooses And the N-Word At Work: Same As It Ever Was — via FisherBroyles
• It’s a Plane, It’s a Bird, It’s a Bird on a Plane… What the… — via William Goren’s Understanding the ADA
• Reverse Sexual Orientation Claims Under Title VII: Is the Claim as “Straight” Forward as you May Think? — via The L•E•Jer
• Criminal background guidance enjoined — could that affect you? — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• Plaintiffs Face Many Pitfalls in Employment Discrimination Suits — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor

Tech

• Philly Off-Duty Employee Did WHAT? Some Tips So Employer Doesn’t Step in It, Too — via EntertainHR
• Lawyer Serves Complaint Via Instagram — via Above the Law
• Lawmaker Says Uber’s Response to 2016 Data Breach Was “Legally Reprehensible” — via Dark Reading
• NIST Issues “Blockchain Technology Overview” — via Ride The Lightning
• Apple’s cyber insurance project is a smart way to sell more iPhones and iPads — via Boy Genius Report
• Would You Have Spotted This Skimmer? — via Krebs on Security

HR & Employee Relations

• Yes, You Can Stop New Parents from Quitting. Here’s How — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
• 72% of HR Managers Think the Monday After the Super Bowl Should Be a Work Holiday — via HR Hero Line
• Office Perks Employees Actually Want — via HR Gazette
• The Problem with “Work-Life Balance” — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
• Start-Up Car Companies Clash in Electrifying Trade Secrets Case — via Trading Secrets

Wage & Hour

• The Road to FLSA Litigation is Often Paved With Good Intentions — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
• Stranded In A Winter Wonderland: Compensability Of Time For Employees Stuck At Work — via Employment Essentials
  Surprise! Your Interns Might Really Be Employees… — via The Emplawyerologist
• On This 25th Birthday of the FMLA, An Open Letter to Employers, Employees and the DOL — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
• The FMLA is 25! — via Matrix Radar
• TAKE ACTION: 25 years, but still no paid leave — via MomsRising
• The Workflex in the 21st Century Act: Some of the details — via Omega HR Solutions

Labor

• After the NLRB Ruling, Is Joint Employment Still a Concern? — via Who Is My Employee?
• NLRB employees to protest general counsel Peter Robb — via CUE, Inc.
• Ethics investigation at NLRB centers on joint employer question — via HR Dive
• Can Employees Fire Their Union — via Labor Relations Institute
• NLRB Issues Updated “Bench Book” for its Judges — via Labor Relations

OSHA & Safety

• Over half of workers say their workplace is prepped for non-fire emergencies — via HR Dive
• Burn Safety in the Workplace — via Next Blog
• Cal/OSHA Drafts Rules for Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
• Employers Must Post OSHA 300A From February 1 – April 30 — via OSHA Law Blog