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typepad/qaBDhttp://feedburner.google.comWork Email: "I Always Feel Like ... Somebody's Watching Me"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875bce6b2970c2009-11-20T09:50:20-05:002009-11-20T14:50:20Z2009-11-20T14:50:20ZNo, this post is not about the singer Rockwell or that annoying Geico commercial, but about whether you should just assume that your boss monitors your email. A new Wall Street Journal article suggests that is what exactly may be...laborprof lpbWorkplace Trends11th Cir. Miserly Construction of Title VIItag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875bcddb4970c2009-11-20T09:39:04-05:002009-11-20T14:39:25Z2009-11-20T14:39:04ZNo more jumps out of the page and slaps you in the face, but the Eleventh Circuit still does not think that a worker often called ‘boy’ established a racially hostile environment. In Alexander v. Opelika Pub. Schs., No. 08-11014...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationDrummonds on Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b99b66970c2009-11-19T16:04:53-05:002009-11-19T21:04:53Z2009-11-19T21:04:53ZHenry Drummonds (Lewis & Clark) has provided me with a draft of his recent article in the Louisiana Law Review: Reforming Labor Law by Reforming Labor Law Preemption Doctrine to Allow the States to Make More Labor Relations Policy. From...laborprof lpbLabor LawScholarshipZimmer on the Disparate Impact Consequences of Riccitag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b7a90c970b2009-11-19T15:39:06-05:002009-11-19T20:39:06Z2009-11-19T20:39:06ZMike Zimmer is up on Concurring Opinions with his next installment on the meaning of the Ricci v. DeStefano case for the future of employment discrimination law. This current post focuses on the disparate impact consequences of Ricci. Here's a...laborprof lpbCommentaryEmployment DiscriminationMost Unusual Employee Requeststag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b6e66e970b2009-11-19T12:58:15-05:002009-11-19T17:58:15Z2009-11-19T17:58:15ZCareer Builder, the online job seekers/help wanted site recently posted the results of one of its entertaining surveys, this one on most unusual employee requests. Here are some of the best: Request to allow people to change clothes in their...laborprof lpbYamada: Current Status of Workplace Bullyingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b795f9970c2009-11-19T08:27:35-05:002009-11-19T13:27:35Z2009-11-19T13:27:35ZDavid Yamada (Suffolk), leader of the anti-bullying movement, has just posted on SSRN his article (forthcoming Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal) Workplace Bullying and American Employment Law: A Ten-Year Progress Report and Assessment. Here's the abstract: This article details...laborprof lpbEmployment Common LawScholarshipEBRI Reportstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b79345970c2009-11-19T08:23:01-05:002009-11-19T13:23:01Z2009-11-19T13:23:01ZEmployee Benefit Research Institute has just released a trio of new reports: Craig Copeland, Retirement Plan Participation and Asset Allocation, 2007. Paul Fronstin, Availability, Contributions, Account Balances, and Rollovers in Account-Based Health Plans, 2006-2009. Craig Copeland, Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation:...laborprof lpbPension and BenefitsCanadian Views on EFCAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b3e8e1970c2009-11-18T16:22:33-05:002009-11-18T21:22:33Z2009-11-18T21:22:33ZJust Labour: A Journal of Work and Society, which is an electronic journal published by the York University's Centre for Research on Work and Society, has just published a collection of articles entitled, "A Canadian Perspective on the U.S. Employee...laborprof lpbLabor LawEEOC Listening Sessions on ADA Amendmentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b19606970b2009-11-18T16:12:31-05:002009-11-18T21:12:31Z2009-11-18T21:12:31ZThe EEOC is holding listening sessions on its proposed rules interpreting the ADA Amendments Act. BNA's Daily Labor Report (subscription required) has a story on the first session. As is no surprise, disability groups are happy and employer groups believe...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationAnti-Sweatshop Victorytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b01cd4970c2009-11-18T00:23:48-05:002009-11-18T05:24:04Z2009-11-18T05:23:48ZThe student anti-sweatshop movement has just achieved a big victory in pressuring Russell Athletic to rehire 1,200 workers fired in Honduras after they unionized. The student pressure prompted over 90 colleges to end Russell's ability to use the schools' logos....laborprof lpbLabor and Employment NewsWidespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ad1381970c2009-11-17T10:57:52-05:002009-11-17T15:57:52Z2009-11-17T15:57:52ZSo finds a new astonishing and disturbing report released by the GAO yesterday and reported on by the New York Times: Employers and workers routinely underreport work-related injuries and illnesses, calling into question the accuracy of nationwide data that the...laborprof lpbWorkplace SafetyMcDonald and Public Employmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ac8045970c2009-11-17T08:14:56-05:002009-11-17T13:14:56Z2009-11-17T13:14:56ZJon Harkavy writes to point out that "the Petitioner's brief in McDonald v. City of Chicago, filed today . . . and featured on the SCOTUSblog, is worth a look. The main pitch is to overrule The Slaughterhouse Cases and...laborprof lpbPublic Employment LawRecently Published Scholarship: Civil Rights and the Low-Wage Workertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6aa20e3970b2009-11-17T07:54:33-05:002009-11-17T12:54:33Z2009-11-17T12:54:33ZThe University of Chicago Legal Forum, volume 2009 Civil Rights and the Low-Wage Worker Articles Noah D. Zatz, "The Minimum Wage as a Civil Rights Protection: An Alternative to Antipoverty Arguments?" p. 1. David A. Weisbach, "Toward a New Approach...laborprof lpbScholarshipWage & HourGender Pay Gaptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ab1317970c2009-11-16T21:30:26-05:002009-11-17T02:30:53Z2009-11-17T02:30:26ZThe New York Times' Economix (they seem to be having workplace day today) has a post on pay inequities between men and women. The post discusses data from a salary-tracking company (PayScale), so the findings aren't scientific, however they are...laborprof lpbEmployment DiscriminationA New Direction for the American Labor Movement?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a663ed970b2009-11-16T11:15:30-05:002009-11-16T16:15:30Z2009-11-16T16:15:30ZNancy Folbre has a post on the Economix page of the New York Times today that investigates some interesting new developments within the American Labor Movement: On Oct. 27, the United Steelworkers announced an agreement with Mondragon International to move...laborprof lpbInternational & Comparative L.E.L.Labor Law