And we thought Danny Ferry was a bad GM
I can't do any more justice to recapping the madness that is the Isiah Thomas sex harassment trial than Bill Simmons has done on espn.co...
Archive: September 2007
Ohio Supreme Court rejects common law wrongful discharge age discrimination claim
By Jon Hyman
In a 6-1 decision published today, the Ohio Supreme Court, in Leininger v. Pioneer National Latex , held: "A common-law tort claim for...
Wage and hour litigation hits the big time
By Jon Hyman
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has also picked up this week's BusinessWeek cover story on the proliferation of wage and hour litiga...
Document, document, document!
By Jon Hyman
As the record reflects, there was a myriad of problems with Plaintiff's job performance and treatment of his subordinates that justified...
Use a wage and hour audit to proactively head off claims
By Jon Hyman
" Wage Wars: Workers are Winning Huge Overtime Lawsuits ," graces the cover of this week's BusinessWeek magazine. It should...
How long is too long for retaliation
By Jon Hyman
Does an employee who complains that she is being discriminated against and is fired three months later have a case for retaliation? Accordin...
The Blog is in trial
By Jon Hyman
Posts will be sparse for the next week or two, as the Blog is in the middle of trial. I'll be keeping a look out for interesting items ...
Court confirms that independent contractors can be discriminated against
By Jon Hyman
In a case affirming the longstanding rule that independent contractors are not covered by Ohio's employment discrimination laws, the Luc...
Federal Judge blocks No-Match Rules
By Jon Hyman
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that a U.S. District Court Judge Maxine Chesney has issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Orde...
Requiring a return-to-work medical certification of full duty or no restrictions violates the FMLA
By Jon Hyman
Rather than reporting on Clark v. Gospel Light Publications , I'll merely direct everyone over to The FMLA Blog . The Clark case holds...
Happy Labor Day
By Jon Hyman
It might be a little late into the holiday, but I'd be remiss as an employment law blogger if I did not wish everyone a happy Labor Day....
Is the 40-hour work week relevant?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday's Cleveland Plain Dealer had an interesting article ( available here ) on the state of the American work week. Surprisingly, t...