We’ve all heard of sexual harassment. But, have you heard of “sensual harassment?”
Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- No, I am not from the Midwest. Sex Discrimination Lives On — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Third Circuit says VIPs cannot sue for Title VII discrimination — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Initial Discovery Protocols in Discrimination Cases: A Connecticut Update — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- First Circuit Rejects Age Discrimination Claim Based on Isolated Comment — from Employer’s Law Blog
- Sexual Harassment Complaints By Males On The Rise: 2012 EEOC Enforcement and Litigation Statistics — from Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
- Ostracism and petty mistreatments may collectively rise to the level of hostile work environment — from Employment Law Matters
- Bills Would Extend Workplace Protections to LGBT Employees — from Washington D.C. Employment Law Update
- What It Takes To Win An Age Discrimination Suit — from Forbes
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- New Jersey Federal Court Issues Sanctions For Deletion of Facebook Profile — from Trading Secrets
- FireMe! App rescues tweeting employees from own indiscretions? — from Employment Law Worldview
- Time for those six second “selfies” with latest Vine update — from TiPb
- Twitter: A Sleeping Discovery Giant? — from Law.com
- The Mayo Clinic and Healthcare Social Media — from SocialFish
- The “Employee Tricked Me Into Firing Her” Defense — from Social Media Employment Law Blog
- NLRB Issues Facebook Firing Decision — from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- “Catfishing” Gets Its First Legal Mention — from The Not-So Private Parts
- If a Tweet falls in the forest — from iFractal
HR & Employee Relations
- Workplace Violence, Part 2: Crisis management tips for employers — from Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- When Uncle Sam calls your employees, what do you do – and not do? — from HR Cafe
- Alcohol Testing in the Workplace: An Employer’s Dilemma — from i-Sight Investigation Software Blog
- An Observation on Work-Life Balance — from Blogging4Jobs
- Paid Sick Leave Has Some Business Owners Feeling Ill — from You’re the Boss Blog
- The don of donut discipline — from PassiveAggressiveNotes.com
Wage & Hour
- DOL Audits Will Rise With New Funding Increases — from Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
- Eighth Circuit Holds Plaintiffs Must Provide Evidence of Actual Damages Even when Employer Doesn't Keep Accurate Time Records — from Wage & Hour Counsel
- “Comp Time” Proposal: Be Careful What You Wish For — from Wage and Hour Laws Blog
- The Unpaid Internship Dilemma: Everyone Loses in This Crackdown — from TLNT