Say, Eric. Where do you find all that fodder for your blog posts, anyway?

July 22, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Fart stories, tea-bagging, and a grown man getting fired for Pokémon Go rants. Want to know where do I find these cases and stories?

Sure, I’ll dish.

News sources:

In my humble opinion, Wolters Kluwer: Employment Law Daily is the best source of daily case-law updates and other employment-law-related news. Yes, I sit on the Advisory Board. But, that’s because I smell with the Rock is cookin’. Think about that for sec. It’ll make sense. Wait for it. Hmmm… ***pulls collar***
I also loves me some Law360 and Bloomberg Law Daily Labor Report.

Bloggers:

There are so many great ones, but, I find that I ~~plagiarize the most from~~ gravitate to Jon Hyman’s Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, Jeff Nowak’s FMLA Insights, and Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider.

Other breaking news:

I get it right from the administrative agencies themselves. Both the NLRB and, especially, the EEOC, do a fine job of keeping the public updated on their latest cases and dealings.

Twitter:

Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner, BloombergBNA’s Ben Penn and Chris Opfer, and Huffington Post’s Dave Jamieson are all fantastic sources for the latest labor and employment law news.

Google Alerts:

I’ve got a bunch of ’em, but “fired AND facebook OR twitter” is a never-ending source of wow.

Other great sources:

Career Builder’s Press Room
HR Morning
Pew Research Center
And, of course, I have you, my readers. You email me tips, ideas, and ~~Nigerian phishing schemes~~.

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