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Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Requirements — via ERC Insights Blog
Restroom Access and Transgender Issues in the Workplace Go Supreme — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
SCOTUS will hear transgender bathroom case — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
What is “voluntary”? Thoughts about the AARP wellness lawsuit against the EEOC — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Update on EEO-1 Reporting — via CUE, Inc.
Service Dogs And Emotional Support Animals with Respect to Title I of the ADA (Employment) — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
Social Media & Technology
Facebook Live and the hella-icky, vomitous workplace implications — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
Employees as Brand Ambassadors on the new LinkedIn Company Pages — via Blogging4Jobs
Hash(tagging) it Out: Litigation in the New Media Age — via Law.com
7 Workforce Threats That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago — via Forbes
Cybersecurity Concerns Are Changing M&As: What It Means for In-House Lawyers — via In House
HR & Employee Relations
LeBron Telling A Teammate to Keep Khloe Kardashian Away Shows What a Leader He Is — via The HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn
Can In-House Counsel Work From Home? — via In House
Work Flexibility Should Not Be Just For Those Who Ask — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
HR’s Unwritten Rules! — via The Tim Sackett Project
Workplace marijuana bans weigh into use decisions, Yale study finds — via The Denver Post
How to tell an employee “no nose rings” — via Ask a Manager
Is Your Non-Compete an Antitrust Violation? Some Courts Say “Yes” — via The Emplawyerologist
Wage & Hour
“How to Tell Your Salaried Employees They Are Now Hourly” — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas, via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
McDonald’s settles with franchise workers for $3.75 million in wage theft lawsuit — via Workplace Fairness
Highly Compensated Employees and the New FLSA Regulations — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
Application of the FLSA’s Tip-Credit Requirements Remains Hotly Disputed — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
Daylight Savings Time and the FLSA — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
Labor
A Bourbon Conundrum — via All in a Day’s Work
Uber Completely Suckers The Labor Movement — via Deadspin
The NLRB Continues To Go After Non-Union Employers in Industries it Has Historically Not Targeted — via Employment Law Lookout
EEOC Urges Federal Appellate Court to Uphold NLRB’s Expansive Definition of “Joint Employer” — via Employment Matters Blog
OSHA & Safety
Working in a Distillery at the Turn of the Century; Unsafe at any Proof — via Sipp’n Corn
OSHA’s Safety “Nudge” to Employers: No Reportable Injuries Is Not Time for a Pizza Party — via The Labor Dish
How Prepared Are You to Deal With Workplace Violence? — via TLNT
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