via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider DOL Interactive Map Highlights State-by-State Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Women — via Joe''s HR and Benefits Blog Three Observations about the New EEOC Statistics — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Social Media & Workplace Technology How Not to Start a New Job — via San Antonio Employment Law Blog Who CAN you fire for their social media activity? — MORE

via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog Do You Hear What I Hear? via Fitzpatrick on Employment Law The GOP Effect on the EEOC — via HRE Online Is Retaliation The New Discrimination?? — via Labor Relations Today. Related Stories WIRTW #348 (the “blackheart” edition) WIRTW #346 (the #grossatwork edition) WIRTW #345 (the “earworm” edition). MORE

Here’s what I read this week (and last week): Discrimination Cancer and the Workplace: Tips for Employers and A Thanksgiving to Remember: When Cancer Strikes — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Do you have a “ super” anti-harassment contract with your employees? — via The Tim Sackett Project Fitbit Data May Become Evidence in the Courtroom — via Ride The Lightning The Newest Field of E-Discovery: You — via Above the Law Is Your Company on Instagram? MORE

UPS , and the new state of pregnancy accommodation law — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space Pregnancy accommodation FAQs for employers — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider What Connecticut Employers Need To Know About Young v. UPS — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Discrimination Tim Cook: “Religious Freedom” laws are pro-discrimination — via TiPb Transgender Discrimination? Cleveland is popping. MORE

via Workplace Prof Blog Showdown At The Fifth Circuit Continues: Texas Gets The Last Word On Its Challenge To The EEOC’s Criminal Background Guidance — via EEOC Year-End Countdown Everything old is new again: How the EEOC is reinventing itself — via Oregon Business Social Media & Workplace Technology What To Do When a Fired Employee is Badmouthing Your Company — via Inc.com Wait…What Did He Say? (Or, You may have heard that Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. MORE

via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions Cabbie’s Fear of Dogs Doesn’t Trump Requirement to Allow Service Dogs — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Is Non-Pregnancy a BFOQ for Exotic Dancers? — via Employer Advocate Legal Ethics and Social Media: What Pre-Litigation Advice May an Attorney Provide to His or Her Client? — My kids go to an amazing school. MORE

via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider Why Does the EEOC Make Mistakes (Part I) — via Workplace Fairness A How-To Guide to Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Reasonable Accommodation — via Blogging4Jobs Sweeping ADA Ruling By The Fourth Circuit Should Make Employers Anxious — via Fitzpatrick on Employment Law Is Ban the Box Legislation Out of Control? — via Labor Relations Institute. MORE

via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog 4th Cir. uses “hybrid” test for Title VII joint employer liability — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space Donald Trump will win (a Title VII lawsuit) — via EntertainHR 25 Years Later: Has ADA Helped Employees with Disabilities? — Hodges — How Much Does It Really Change for Employers?? — I thought I’d try something different today by bringing you a musician I’ve recently discovered— Courtney Barnett. MORE

Allow me to take off my law blogger hat for a moment, and switch to my concert promoter hat. via Evil Skippy at Work The need for actual medical evidence in disability cases — via EmployerLINC “Your Asperger’s got in the way of your ability to interact with your boss, and we are tired of it.” — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook Blog Family Friendly Policies: Is Europe Ahead Of The US? — MORE

o your employees feel appreciated? Today is Employee Appreciation Day. However, if you limit your appreciation efforts to 0.38% of a year’s working days, I can flat-out guarantee that your employees do not feel appreciated (even on their “special” day). Employee appreciation needs to be a year-round effort, not a one-off to-do to check off your corporate calendar. Here are some thoughts, from the archives, to make employee appreciation part of your corporate culture. MORE

Here’s what I read this week: Discrimination The “Association” Game: How a Spouse’s Cancer May be Covered by the ADA — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Role reversal! via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas Expand pregnancy-bias law to include accommodation rights? — via Employment Law Bits 10 oddest Christmas and holiday gifts given by co-workers, says Harris Poll — via Cleveland.com Can you keep your HR lady from moonlighting as an exotic dancer? — MORE