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? — Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th. 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? — 3 Things GCs Should Watch For — via In House HR & Employee Relations The One Where Evil HR Lady Gets Fired — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas Are old ways of treating employees coming back? — MORE

via Employment Law Lookout Anti-discrimination training: How to harm when you’re trying to help — via HR Cafe Six Geese a Laying … And How Not to Get Your Goose Cooked With a Pregnancy Discrimination Claim — via All in a Day’s Work Is alcoholism considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? — via Labor Relations Today. With the end of the year drawing nigh, today’s post will be my last of 2014 (barring any hot-off-the-presses breaking news). MORE

via Business Management Daily The Enemy Within: Five Strategies For Protecting Your Data From Rogue Employees — via Privacy and Data Security Insight Eight Keys for Developing a Data Breach Response Plan — via netWORKed Lawyers What the Difference Between Information Security and Cybersecurity? — Related Stories WIRTW #361 (the “#RaceTogether” edition) WIRTW #360 (the “one shining moment” edition) WIRTW #359 (the “think outside the box” edition). MORE

Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Sexual Harassment: Boys and Thrones — via Heather Bussing at HR Examiner with John Sumser What Sexual Harassment at Work Really Looks Like — via Cosmopolitan Nobody Discriminates Like Sara Lee? — Related Stories WIRTW #355 (the “paraskevidekatriaphobia” edition) WIRTW #354 (the “dad working” edition) WIRTW #353 (the “sphere of influence” edition). 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 Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space Social Media & Workplace Technology The Apple Watch is coming: Do you have a Wear Your Own Device (“WYOD”) policy? — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas When Do Bonuses Get Included In Non-Exempts’ Regular Rate for OT Calculations? — MORE

via employeescreenIQ Blog Federal judge reincarnates atheist’s religious bias claims — via Eric Meyer’s Employer Handbook blog Parental Leave Can’t Just Be for Mothers — via Harvard Business Review Social Media & Workplace Technology Believe This? via Labor Relations Institute. Related Stories WIRTW #359 (the “think outside the box” edition) WIRTW #358 (the “appreciation” edition) WIRTW #357 (the “proud papa” edition). MORE

Massachusetts AG has questions — via ABA Journal Daily News Working for you supervisor may be stressful but it is not a disability — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions Why the EEOC’s rebuke of sexual-orientation bias may barely affect your workplace. — 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? — MORE

via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions Knowing When to Fire Someone — via Harvard Business Review 15 for ’15: Employment and labor resolutions for the new year — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider Don’t Be That Guy: Holding Out on Employment Background Checks — via employeescreenIQ Blog The Employee Zone Of Privacy — via Ohio HR Law Wage & Hour Exotic dancers agree to $2.3 MORE

EEOC must disclose its own background check policy to the employer it''s suing — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog ENDA Getting a Turbocharge — via Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog What Not to Do If an Employee Requests an Accommodation — via Blogging4Jobs White People and Political Correctness — via Fistful of Talent Is It Religious Discrimination To Have A Christmas Tree At Work? — 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