The 10th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Folder Fiasco
An office manager finds a sex contract in a folder on her desk. The COO asks if she got it. She refuses to discuss it. He fires her. That...
WIRTW #817 (the 'grace' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Grace is earned, not owed. On election night, Ohio's governor-elect reportedly let a phone call from her opponent go to voicemail. Vivek...
A general release is just that
By Jon Hyman
"Quite simply, full means full and any means any." That's a federal judge explaining to a plaintiff the meaning of a general r...
The most expensive thing on this brewery's menu? Retaliation.
By Jon Hyman
Notch 8 Brewery's owner told a bartender he would not tolerate her "backdoor" conversations with coworkers. The NLRB just said...
Your noncompete is only as good as the document it lives in.
By Jon Hyman
A proposed class action against Ashley Furniture alleges the company buried a noncompete in its handbook-style "Culture Guide" and...
The EEOC pulled its criminal background check guidance. Title VII is still here.
By Jon Hyman
Last week, the EEOC voted 2-1 to rescind its 2012 guidance on arrest and conviction records. If you're wondering whether criminal backg...
WIRTW #816 (the 'Claudette' edition)
By Jon Hyman
"Now I know what tear gas smells like" is not what a parent wants to hear from a child who is living 4,500 miles away, separated b...