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12/02/2015

"Ultimately, smart humans and smart machines will be required to outsmart cybercriminals."

The state of cybersecurity has reached full-blown systemic failure. The narrative goes something like this: Companies are spending massive amounts of money on..

11/19/2015

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11/05/2015

08/27/2015

https://medium.com//my-paternity-leave-wasn-t-a-vacation-547ee9615d

Coming back from a nice vacation is full of wonder and excitement. Coming back from parental leave was nerve-racking.

08/26/2015

https://medium.com//i-had-a-baby-and-cancer-when-i-worked-at-amazon-this-is-my-story-9eba5eef2976

Last Saturday, I read the 6,000-word New York Times piece, “Inside Amazon,” in the car on my way to the beach. I sat qui…

08/21/2015

Friday

Yelpers don't rate pay
under the FLSA -
more like "volunteers"

http://www.lawroom.com/story.aspx?STID=3185

08/21/2015

Friday

minimum wage work:
turn the crank to earn pennies.
how long will you last?

http://boingboing.net/2015/08/21/earn-1-cent-every-4-5-seconds.html

Visit the post for more.

08/19/2015

http://www.theonion.com/article/jeff-bezos-assures-amazon-employees-hr-working-100-51121

SEATTLE—In response to accusations of an abusive workplace environment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assured employees Tuesday that the company’s human resources staff was working 100 hours a week to address their complaints.

08/07/2015

Friday

parade of errors
I-9 form violations
600K fine

http://www.lawroom.com/story.aspx?STID=3178

07/31/2015

Friday

no bias firing
depressed welder who threatens
to shoot managers

http://www.lawroom.com/story.aspx?STID=3174

07/17/2015

Friday

fed law prohibits
bias based on s*xual
orientation

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/s*xual-orientation-discrimination-is-barred-by-existing-law #.pteXKzV2eZ

"[A]llegations of discrimination on the basis of s*xual orientation necessarily state a claim of discrimination on the basis of s*x" barred by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Empl...

07/16/2015

The Labor Department issues a new guide explaining when workers qualify as "employees" or "independent contractors"
http://blog.lawroom.com/2015/07/interpreting-employee.html