I realize that these Friday posts have started taking on a decided rock ‘n’ roll feel. It's a hobby, what can I say. If you prefer, you can skip lede and go right to the list of what I read this week.
Wednesday night, the Brit Awards (aka, the British Grammys) were held in London. They did an amazing tribute to David Bowie, which started with a medley played by members of his backing bands throughout the years, and ended with a stirring version of what might be his best song, Life on Mars?, sung by Lorde. I promise, it’s worth a few moments of your time.
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- 9 simple steps to drafting a bangin’ EEOC Position Statement — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Hostile Work Environment Creator, Equal Opportunity Offender or Something Else? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Addiction—Behavior Issue or Disability? — via FisherBroyles
- EEOC Loses Battle, But Maybe Not The War, Over Wellness Programs — via Employment Essentials
- More courtroom losses for EEOC — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- How Social Media Is Used in Workplace Investigations — via Blogging4Jobs
- Are employees entitled to privacy in this mobile age? — via Ragan.com
- Exercise Aniston-esque restraint when analyzing offensive employee posts — via EntertainHR
- Why Social Media is Becoming an HR Issue — via GMS Blog
- Kurt Rambis Twitter Fail, Sports, and Social Media Reputation — via Shear on Social Media Law
HR & Employee Relations
- My boss wants to manage my bathroom breaks — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Is HR protected by retaliation laws? — via Next Blog
- Expectations and Accountability: The Critical Challenges For Remote Workers — via TLNT
- Working at work is a thing of the past — via The Verge
Wage & Hour
- DOL seeks bigger 2017 budget for wage-and-hour enforcement — via Business Management Daily
- BREAKING: DOL releases proposed rule on paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Are College Student Athletes Employees? One Court Says “No”. — via The Emplawyerologist
- The Proposed New Overtime Pay Exemption Rules: What’s the Latest Scoop? — via Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- It is going to cost me what? The Effect of Improper Deductions from Exempt Employee’s Salary. — via Michigan Employment Law
- Note to Self: Posting My Beach Vacation Photos on Facebook During FMLA Leave is Not a Good Idea — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights
- Firing someone returning from leave — via EmployerLINC
Labor Relations
- Swearing & Section 7 — via Workplace Prof Blog
- Alt-Labor — via Labor Relations Institute
- Will NLRB Force Employers to Give Unions Ability to Meet with Employees at Work and on Company Time? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
- How the birthplace of the American labor movement just turned on its unions — via Wonkblog
- A Practice in Legal Fundamentals: Third Circuit Court Tells NLRB to Apply the Correct Legal Test — via Labor Relations
- As Long As the Supreme Court Is Setting Labor Policy, the Labor Movement Can Never Revive Itself — via Workplace Fairness
OSHA & Workplace Safety
- A Checklist & Schedule for Workplace Injuries — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Obama Administration Requests Increases in OSHA, MSHA Budgets for FY 2017 — via OSHA Law Blog
- OSHA Quietly Changes the Group of Small Businesses Exempt from Inspections — via OSHA Law Update