Here’s the rest of what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Top 5 tips for employers when managing pregnant employees — from Employment Intelligence
- Thou Shalt Not Retaliate Against Thine Employees—Ever!! — from The Emplawyerologist
- Obesity is Now a “Disease,” AMA says; What’s That Mean for HR? — from HR Gazette
- EEOC Commissioner Feldblum provides answers on obesity as a disability — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- 7th Circuit embraces “no jerks” rule after mediation meltdown — from Work Matters
- Can The EEOC Troll For Plaintiffs By Sending A Blast Email To Business Email Addresses? — from Workplace Class Action Litigation
- 6 Ways To Prove You’re A Victim Of Age Discrimination — from Donna Ballman’s from Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- Employer not liable for shift leader’s bad acts — from EmployerLINC
- Retaliation is Reality TV — from EntertainHR
- What Happens AFTER a Remand from the Appellate Court? — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Social Media & Workplace Technology
- Do you follow terminated employees on Twitter? — from The Tim Sackett Project
- Is BYOD Right For Your Workplace? — from Washington Workplace Law
- “Your cellphone: private or not?” — from How Appealing
- More Facebook Issues: This Time, It’s the Stored Communications Act — from Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Employer Failure to Preserve Employee Social-Media Evidence — from Delaware Employment Law Blog
- Can You Say Discrimination? 28% of Recruiters React Negatively to Religious Posts/Tweets — from WinWinHR
HR & Employee Relations
- What to expect when you return to work — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Well, That Stinks: Dealing With Smelly Co-workers — from Workplace Diva
- You Say Let’s Talk Severance/Your Employer Hears I Quit (Or, Employees Are From Pluto, Employers Are From Uranus) — from Workplace Fairness
Wage & Hour
- Dear Evil Skippy: My Employee Was Out Shopping When She Was Supposed To Be On Medical Leave — from Evil Skippy at Work
- Does employee use of DOL “timesheet” app mean we can’t ban cellphones? — from Business Management Daily
- “Protected Activity” No Shield for Insubordination — from Lawffice Space
- What Pink Floyd Can Teach Employers about FMLA: Enforce Call-In Procedures and Insist Upon Facts Supporting Need for Leave — from Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights