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Also, holy heck! Ten and a half years and 499 installments later! Who’d have thunk it‽

Thank to everyone for reading along all these weeks and year, and to the other great bloggers who’ve published content that I’ve shared. I literally could not write this column without y’all.

Here’s this week’s list of what I read this week:

#MeToo

• Weinstein Company Bankruptcy Ends NDAs — via In House
• Legislating Away Harassment? 3 Main Legislative Paths Emerge So Far in the #MeToo Era — via Ohio Chamber Blog
• Men are concerned about what #MeToo is doing to men at work — via Wonkblog
• Second-guessing the advice columns: #MeToo edition — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
• Why Do You Do Harassment Training? — via Evil Skippy at Work
• How harassment allegations can bring down an entire company — via HR Dive 
• Confidential sexual harassment settlement payments no longer tax‑deductible — via EmployerLINC
• Workplace Bullying and Harassment: What’s the Difference? — via Ann Fromholz’s Law That Works

Discrimination

• Episode 21 – The Per Capita Strip Club Capital of North America — via Marc Alifanz’s and Dennis Westlind’s Hostile Work Environment Podcast
• Was a Waiter Fired for Being Rude or For Being French? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
• Pregnant Bartender Will Not Wear Hot Pants? Fired! — via FisherBroyles
• Recent 7th Circuit Case Highlights Best Practices for Accommodating Disabilities — via HR Hero Line
• Eleventh Circuit Upholds EEOC Verdict Challenging Employer’s Policy Favoring Current Employees For Open Positions — via Workplace Class Action Litigation
• USERRA – A Leave Law Like No Other — via Matrix Radar
• Title VII Expands: Adding “Sexual Orientation” to the Roster — via The L•E•Jer

Technology

• Two more learn the hard way that off-the-clock social media use can be a job killer — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Developing a Social Media Recruiting Strategy — via Newton Software Blog
• Why and how you should monitor your Glassdoor presence — via Ragan.com
• Active Cyber Defense Is an Opportunity, Not a Threat — via Dark Reading
• Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out — via Motherboard
• Cybersecurity: The SEC’s Wake-Up Call to Corporate Directors — via The D & O Diary
• Four Ways Blockchain is Going to Rock the HR World — via HR Gazette

HR & Employee Relations

• What Provisions are Typical in a Separation Agreement? — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• You’re Fired! The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Fire an Employee — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
• Reductions in Force (RIF): How to Stay Compliant — via HR Acuity
• Is a Telecommuting Program Right for Your Business? and Why Having No Remote Work Policy Isn’t a Great Idea — via EntertainHR
• Does Drama at Work Cost the Average Worker 2.5 Hours Per Day? — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn

Wage & Hour

• Is Joint Employment Illegal? — via Who Is My Employee?
• Federal DOL Updates Guidance On FLSA Compliant Internship Programs — via Employment Law Letter
• What the Heck is “Doffing?” — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• Your Employee Is Absent More Often Than Indicated on his FMLA Medical Certification. Now What? — via Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights

Labor

• Trump Is Making It Harder for Low-Wage Workers to Organize, But This Fast Food Union Could Win — via Workplace Fairness
• Onion Inc. has unionized — via Deadspin
• Employees Urge NLRB To Overturn The “Ambush Election Rule” — via Labor Relations
• NLRB union wants to talk with NLRB leaders — via CUE, Inc.
• Unions explore ways to dodge Janus in advance — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
• Negotiating A Deal? Ensure You Respond Appropriately To Union Requests For Information — via Employment Law Worldview

OSHA & Safety

• OSHA Announces Enforcement Policy for Failing to Electronically Submit Required Injury & Illness Records — via OSHA Law Blog
• An OSHA officer with expired credentials can cite you — via Safety Law Matters

      

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