Last night, I got to watch my daughter hit a home run, on stage at The Beachland Tavern, singing "Mexico" with decker. (You can read the backstory of how this all came together here.)
Huge thanks to Brandon Decker, for reaching out and offering to share his stage with Norah.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- "Sexual Harassment Defense Industrial Complex"? Gimme a break. — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider
- A “Watershed Moment”: EEOC Roadmap To Preventing Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Harassment — via FisherBroyles
- When diversity issues emerge, bullying often lurks underneath — via Minding the Workplace
- Strict Dress Codes May Lead to Discrimination Claims — via Next Blog
- The Truth About Cancer and Serious Illness in the Workplace — via Workology
- The ADA Might Require Time Off to Care For a Disabled Family Member… — via The Emplawyerologist
Technology
- Microsoft’s CEO just gave a Tim Cook-style speech supporting privacy as a ‘human right’ — via Boy Genius Report
- Are your employees brand ambassadors? — via Ragan.com
- Data Security Never Ends — via Above the Law
- Tackling Cybersecurity from the Inside Out — via Dark Reading
- Old School 'Sniffing' Attacks Can Still Reveal Your Browsing History — via Motherboard
- Blockland Solutions! — via Legal BlogChain
HR & Employee Relations
- How to Decide When to Make Political Statements in the Workplace — via Workforce
- Are You Overstepping Your Boundaries at Work? — via My HR Hero
- Severance Agreements: Make them easy to understand and don’t pressure an employee to sign and What if the general release in your severance agreement isn’t as “general” as you think it is? What then? — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- How Do Investigations Impact the Employee Experience? — via upstartHR
- Background Checks: What Small Business Owners Need to Consider — via GMS Blog
Wage & Hour
- SB Nation Wrongly Told Two Writers They Couldn't Get Paid Because They Are Under 18 — via Deadspin
- Overpaid Employees Held Liable in Court Decisions — via Employment Law Letter
- Should a Nonexempt Employee Be Salaried? — via HR Hero Line
Labor
- Episode 51 – sweetthang@hwepodcast.com — via Marc Alifanz's and Dennis Westlind's Hostile Work Environment Podcast
- The Demands of the Google Walkout Explained — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Walk This Way: What the #GoogleWalkout Means for HR Leaders — via Fistful of Talent
- The Google walkout offers a playbook for successful corporate protests — via The Verge