The EEOC pulled its criminal background check guidance. Title VII is still here.
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...
Meet the ChatGPT plaintiff; there are a lot more of them.
By Jon Hyman
Your company's next employment plaintiff might not have a lawyer. But they have ChatGPT, unlimited discovery and motions to draft, and ...
The 9th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Predatory Power Brokers
By Jon Hyman
Imagine pitching a project at work, only to have your supervisor tell you the best way to get it approved is to flirt with a senior manager....
One sexual harassment claim is the off switch for an entire arbitration agreement
By Jon Hyman
"Making a mountain out of a molehill." That's what TransDigm's then-CEO allegedly told its general counsel when she raised...
WIRTW #815 (the 'vote' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday morning, my wife, son, and I voted. Do you know the rules around providing time off to your employees to vote? In Ohio, you can...
An angry conversation isn't retaliation. Yet.
By Jon Hyman
A nurse who spent years publicly calling her college racist asks one question at a staff conference: will HR have to take implicit-bias trai...