WIRTW #543 (the “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the office” edition)
What was your worst day at work? Does it top the day that Cleveland criminal defense attorney Aaron Brockler had this past Tuesday?
I'll let Cleveland.com explain what happened:
A courtroom deputy's body camera recorded the attack.
Brockler, who suffered injuries to his face and a possible concussion, at least kept his sense of humor, joking to reporters,"It was pretty fun."
File this one under why I don't practice criminal law.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
HR & Employee Relations
Technology & Cybersecurity
Wage & Hour
Labor
OSHA & Safety
I'll let Cleveland.com explain what happened:
A Warrensville Heights man shocked a courtroom full of spectators Tuesday when he sucker-punched his own defense attorney after a judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison…. Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies took down David Chislton after the 42-year-old struck lawyer Aaron Brockler in the face with both of his handcuffed fists.
A courtroom deputy's body camera recorded the attack.
Brockler, who suffered injuries to his face and a possible concussion, at least kept his sense of humor, joking to reporters,"It was pretty fun."
File this one under why I don't practice criminal law.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Court Says Employers Must Accommodate Religious Beliefs But Not All That Much — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Sexual harassment avoidance training: “If anyone feels they know it all and don’t need this, think again” — via FisherBroyles
- Is Artificial Intelligence Sexist and Racist? — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Mark Cuban Could Be Deposed In Former Employee's Discrimination Case — via Deadspin
- How To Tell If You Were Targeted For Layoff Due To Age — via Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
HR & Employee Relations
- Why You Should (Almost) Always Offer Severance Pay — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Why You Need to Say “No” to “No-Poaching” Agreements — via The Emplawyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Sixth Circuit Greenlights Employer’s Broad Attorney Fee Provision — via Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
- Cameras in the workplace: Privacy Law and inadvertently catching your employees in the act — via Employment & Human Rights Law In Canada
- Firings and lawsuits follow discovery of secret bugging devices at law firm; ‘It’s very John Grisham’ — via ABA Journal Daily News
- Managing Social Anxiety as a Remote Worker — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Forgive these overdue thoughts on forgiveness — via A Dose of Dodosh
Technology & Cybersecurity
- Sedona Conference Publishes 2nd Edition of its Primer On Social Media — via Ride The Lightning
- HuffPost Fires Social Media Editor For Being Incredibly Racist On Social Media — via Deadspin
- Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared — via The Verge
- Lawyers’ Duty to Google: Not Changing Anytime Soon — via Attorney at Work
- Top Five Most Common Cybersecurity Attacks and How to Prevent Them – Part 1: Email Spoofing and Wire Fraud — via Carpe Datum Law
- The Anatomy of a Lazy Phish and Human Negligence to Blame for the Majority of Insider Threats — via Dark Reading
- Best Cybersecurity Practices for Healthcare Organizations – Loss or Theft of Devices — via Data Privacy Monitor
Wage & Hour
- How to Conduct an Internal Wage and Hour Audit — via HR Hero Line
- We Accidentally Overpaid an Employee—We Can Just Take It Out of the Next Paycheck, Right? — via Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- Employer's blended overtime rate violated FLSA, 4th Cir. says — via HR Dive
- U.S. Department of Labor Updates Its Guidance on “Side Work” and the FLSA’s Tip Credit — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- “Flooding” Tactic Creates New Risk for Using Mandatory Arbitration Agreements with Independent Contractors — via Who Is My Employee?
- Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Already Lining Up To Weaponize Latest SCOTUS Ruling Against Gig Economy Companies — via Gig Employer Blog
- Paid Family Leave: Evolving Rapidly in the U.S. — via EntertainHR
- VP of HR Sued Over 401(k) Operational Error — via E is for ERISA
Labor
- This MLB power couple is fighting to save 200 union jobs — via Workplace Fairness
- It Takes a Village to Defeat a Union — via AlabamaAtWork
- How Will The NLRB’s New Investigation Procedures Affect Your Cases? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
OSHA & Safety
- The Henry Pratt Co. tragedy and six ways employers can avoid gun violence in the workplace — via Eric Meyer's Employer Handbook Blog
- Forklift Injury Sets Back Employer $164K in Fines — via Joe's HR and Benefits Blog
- Another caution for employers in medical marijuana states — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider