Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- Grab the tack hammer. It’s the ‘Tommy Boy’ of employment discrimination stupid. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Saying Something Calculus — via Kate Bischoff’s tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
- CBS News’ Scott Pelley: I Was Fired For Complaining About ‘Hostile’ Workplace — via TVLine
- Are “Panic Buttons” and Color-Changing Wrist Bands Helpful In Combatting Sexual Harassment? — via FisherBroyles
- Delta Flight Attendants Sue Lands’ End Over Zac Posen-Designed Uniforms — via Law.com
- I don’t want to explain my allergies at work — via Ask a Manager
- Anybody Remember Sean Elliott? — via Understanding the ADA
HR & Employee Relations
- When Revenge at Work Backfires — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Having Leave Abuse Issues? How ‘Bout Those Attendance Policies? — via The Emplawyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Recruiting lessons from the Game of Thrones — via HR Gazette
- Caregiving and Working — via CUE, Inc.
Technology
- AI, Technology and Labor — via Labor Relations Institute
- The Health Care Benefits of Combining Wearables and AI — via Harvard Business Review
- Twitter is looking to hire a ‘master in the art of Twitter’ to become its Tweeter in Chief — via The Verge
- Two U.S. Law Firms Lost $117,000 to Cybercriminals — via Technologist
Wage & Hour
- New ABC Test Under Federal Labor Law? Dem-Sponsored Bill Would Make That Change — via Who Is My Employee?
- Something is Afoot at the DOL: Could New FMLA Regulations or Forms Be on the Horizon? — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- You can’t fire an employee while on FMLA leave. Except when you can. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Workers on FMLA leave have no right to be ‘left alone,’ court says — via HR Dive
- Eighth Circuit Rules No Retaliation Even Though Hospital Employee Terminated Close in Time to FMLA Usage — via Iowa Employment Law Blog
Labor
- How To Protect The Right To Organize — via Workplace Fairness
- NLRB Steps Up Rulemaking Push With ‘Ambitious’ Agenda — via HR Hero Line
- NLRB Announces New Rulemaking Priorities — via Employment Law Worldview
OSHA & Safety
- WHO expands definition of ‘burnout’ — via HR Dive
- Pa. Employer Fined $678K Over Arm Amputation — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog