What’s the top employee issue that makes HR folks queasy? Drugs? Sex? Pornography?
According to Robin Schooling, the worst conversation to have with an employee is about sexual self-pleasuring at work.
What’s the most uncomfortable conversation you’ve ever had with an employee? Please share in the comments below.
Here’s what else I read this week:
- How Unconscious Bias Almost Killed My Friend — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Sexual Harassment: R-E-S-P-E-C-T in Fire Departments — via FisherBroyles
- Yet Another D&O Claim Arising out of Revelations of Sexual Misconduct — via The D & O Diary
- How Companies Make It Harder for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Employee — via Harvard Business Review
- Bracing For The Deluge Of EEOC Lawsuits — via Workplace Class Action Litigation
- Employee Need Not Give Severance Back Before Moving Forward — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Fact or Fiction: The ADA requires accommodating an employee to care for a relative with a disability? — via Next Blog
Technology
- Flatulent security cop goes viral — then gets fired. — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Email Monitoring Expectations Take Toll On Mental Health — via InhouseBlog.com
- How GDPR Is Creating Challenges for Employers — via HR Hero Line
HR & Employee Relations
- The 12 most annoying workplace habits — via Ragan.com
- Our group member has a fragrance sensitivity – and we’re supposed to be hugged to check for any scents — via Ask a Manager
- When is What Employees Discuss with HR Confidential? — via Fistful of Talent
- Why Is It So Easy to Commit Fraud? — via Tracy Coenen’s FRAUDfiles
- Employers and Consumer Reporting Agencies: Revise a Key FCRA Form NOW — via Troutman Sanders HR Law Matters
- How to Approach an Employee with Timekeeping Issues — via HR Gazette
Wage & Hour
- Compliance Issues for Restaurants with Credit Card Fees, Tips to Waitstaff and Tip Pooling — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Just as with the NLRA, the FLSA Does Not Preclude Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements, Sixth Circuit Holds — via Wage and Hour Law Update
- White-Collar Tour 2018: WHD Wants to Hear from You — via The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog
- Strip Club Win Shows The Power Of The Epic SCOTUS Ruling For Gig Companies — via Gig Employer Blog
- Will New Bill Finally Allow Independent Contractors to Receive “Employee” Benefits? — via Who Is My Employee?
- Oh, look. It’s DOL guidance on FMLA and no-fault attendance policies — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
Labor
- It’s a New NLRB But Employee Social Media Protections May Be Here to Stay — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Burger King franchisee can’t prohibit wage talk in parking lot, NLRB says — via HR Dive
- Lyft Accused of Helping People Cross a Workers’ Picket Line In Toronto — via Motherboard
- NLRB memo offers clarity, good news for employer‑issued policies — via EmployerLINC
- NLRB Clarifies Key Developing Issues for Union and Non-Union Employers — via Employment Law Worldview
OSHA & Safety
- OSHA Issues Proposed Rule Regarding Electronic Submission Requirements — via Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives
- Employment Law News: Medical Marijuana in Ohio — via ERC Insights Blog
- OSHA Goes Viral With Silica Video — via Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
