Ohio Employer's Law Blog Daily Update

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Discrimination

1. Well, that stinks! Doo-doo creates a discrimination claim. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
2. When Are Reasonable Accommodations NOT Required For a Disabled Employee? — via Minnesota Employer
3. EEOC Launches Digital Charge System — via Workplace Prof Blog
4. Does Title II of the ADA Apply to Employment? Two Views — via Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
5. Timing of termination creates question of fact in association discrimination case — via EmployerLINC
6. EEOC Denied Inspection Of Employer’s Premises — via Workplace Class Action Litigation

Social Media & Workplace Technology

1. Regulatory Update: DOJ and SEC Issue Privacy and Cybersecurity Recommendations — via Privacy and Data Security Insight
2. Social Media Assets in Bankruptcy: Facebook and Twitter Accounts Subject to Reach of Creditors — via Socially Aware Blog
3. Five Key Social Media Questions All Health Care Employers Should Consider: Question #1: When is it okay to fire an employee for a social media post? — via netWORKed Lawyers
4. The poisonous nature of too much of our online dialogue — via Minding the Workplace
5. One-third of jobs will be replaced by robots — via Inhouse Blog
6. You can’t spell “idiot” without IoT (Internet of Things) — via The Verge

HR & Employee Relations

1. How to Keep Your Office Weird, Without Getting Sued — via In House
2. Millennials want a work-life balance. Their bosses just don’t get why. — via Washington Post
3. Unlimited Vacation, Free Beer and Kids at Work. Is this the Future Workplace? — via Rush on Business
4. People Are Not Trade Secrets — via HR Examiner with John Sumser
5. Making the Case for Pre Employment Personality Tests — via Newton Software Blog
6. What do you do with old personnel records? — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
7. Arbitration … be careful what you ask for — via Michigan Employment Law Connection

Wage & Hour

1. Study: minimum wage hurt employment, earnings, mobility for low-skill workers — via Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
2. NFL Cheerleaders To Be Deemed “Employees” And Protected Under Proposed Law — via Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights
3. FLSA Exemption Changes: More On Salaried-Employee Alternatives — via Wage and Hour Laws Blog
4. Wage and Hour Basics Series: Penalties for FLSA Non-Compliance — via Wage & Hour Insights
5. Proposed overtime rule has been sent to OMB — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
6. Intermittent FMLA — and More Recurring Issues — via The Emplawyerologist

Labor Relations

1. Inside the Case That Could Hold McDonald’s Responsible for Union-busting — via Workplace Fairness
2. Cleaning Up Your Employee Handbooks, NLRB-Style — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
3. Employer beware: NLRA rulings often conflict with existing employer policies — via Technology for HR

Related Stories

WIRTW #366 (the “same-sex marriage” edition)

WIRTW #364 (the “almost famous” edition)

WIRTW #363 (the “iron throne” edition)