Recent Blog Articles of Note

By Jim Cline

We are following other Labor and Employment Law Blogs on the Web and will bring to your attention some articles worth reading. Here are some other articles we think are worth a look:

(Case note discussing recent 8th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals decision concerning right of employee to seek FMLA leave and employer failure to recognize that its goal of regular attendance may give way to employee right to obtain medical leave).

(Discusses Department of Labor’s new rules for families of military service members which go into effect March 8)

 (Excellent, detailed discussion comparing public sector employee social media rights with those under private sector NLRB law)

(Employer law blog advocates against legislation restricting social media access and describes all the uses prospective employers can make of access to applicant social media account)