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Bostock does not come with an asterisk

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Bostock says what it says. LGBTQ+ discrimination is sex discrimination under Title VII. Period. A federal judge in Atlanta, however, just re...

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Man City's 35 counts, and why the cover-up is always worse than the crime

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 By Jon Hyman

There are 35 things your workplace does not want to have in common with the Premier League's investigation of Manchester City. That'...

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Harassment prevention can't stop at the boardroom

Monday, September 28, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Timothy Ryan didn't just harass women at Davis Cartage Co. He used the company's own surveillance cameras to do it — allegedly zoomi...

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WIRTW #811 (the 'uni' edition)

Friday, September 25, 2026 By Jon Hyman

What's the last thing you wanted more than anything else in the world? Not a promotion. Not a raise. Not even a Guardians World Series p...

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Can HR listen in on an employee's doctor's appointment?

Thursday, September 24, 2026 By Jon Hyman

An employee on short-term disability is ready to come back. HR tells them they need a release from the doctor who took them off work. Fair e...

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Catching the thief red-handed isn't enough to win a trade secrets case

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 By Jon Hyman

You can prove trade secrets theft cold and still lose the injunction. That's the lesson from the 6th Circuit's recent decision in UE...

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Your shift supervisors can't have it both ways with tipped wages

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Bartending doesn't launder a manager's cut of the tip pool. That's the entire lesson of a recent Department of Labor Opinion Let...

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Management-side employment lawyer. Chair of Employment & Labor and Craft Beer practices at Wickens Herzer Panza.

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