WIRTW #195 (the “pay equity” edition)
On Tuesday, I was the special guest on the Lunch as the Compensation Café roundtable. The topic: Pay Equity—Not Just for Women! Thanks to m...
Archive: September 2011
KJK scores huge victory in wage and hour class action lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
Class certification is the seminal moment in wage and hour cases. The decision to certify a class will determine whether the case has the p...
When you care enough to send the very best ... to the unemployed
By Jon Hyman
Hallmark—the purveyor of greeting cards for occasions such as miscarriages and cancer —has tapped into a new market with a line of cards fo...
Let employees have their say when disciplining
By Jon Hyman
When you counsel or discipline employees, do you give them a chance to have their say? For example, does your written discipline or performa...
Dear Congress: Can you fix the economy before you focus on Facebook?
By Jon Hyman
Two related stories caught my eye last week: Are Fewer Employers Checking Facebook Before Hiring? – from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Emp...
WIRTW #194 (the “sermon on the blog” edition)
By Jon Hyman
On Monday , I dodged the question of whether Jesus was the world’s first socialist. The answer is no: Apparently, he also was not a fan o...
EEOC lawsuit is a reminder that, yes, businesses can still discriminate
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I wrote about how far we’ve come since 1943. Today, I bring you another reminder of how far yet we have to go. The EEOC has a...
We’ve come a long way, baby
By Jon Hyman
1943 was only 68 years ago, which, in the grand scheme of things, was not far off. Yet, consider how far we’ve come, not the least of which ...
Ohio Supreme Court clears up “clarity” element of wrongful discharge tort
By Jon Hyman
Last summer, an Ohio appellate court concluded that retaliation against employees who raise concerns over fire safety violates a clear publ...
What would Jesus pay? Day rates under the FLSA
By Jon Hyman
So I sat in church yesterday morning listening to the parable about the workers in the vineyard. Since I’m Jewish and haven’t spent a whol...
WIRTW #193 (the “naked tender” edition)
By Jon Hyman
When cash went missing from a Popeyes Chicken franchise, an employee with a criminal history offered to strip naked to prove that she was no...
Testing the legality of employee personality tests
By Jon Hyman
“You have a nice personality, but not for a human being.” –Henny Youngman At BNET , Suzanne Lucas (aka the Evil HR Lady )...
I’m honored to be one of LexisNexis’s Top 25 Labor & Employment Blogs
By Jon Hyman
LexisNexis has released the final nominees for its list of the Top 25 Labor & Employment Blogs , and I am honored and humbled to ann...
Disability claims definitely on the EEOC’s radar
By Jon Hyman
I am often asked how I come up with ideas to post 5 days a week, every week. While the answer is a closely guarded secret, I will allow a li...
EEOC sues for disabled shoplifter
By Jon Hyman
As a parent of two small children, I am very cognizant of the importance of leading by example. For example, I don’t want them to them text-...
WIRTW #192 (the “Fly, Eagles Fly” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Man, am I ready for some football! Also, this is my last pitch for nominations for the ABA Blawg 100 (closes today) and the LexisNexis ...
6th Circuit volunteers gift to volunteer employees in coverage under Title VII
By Jon Hyman
Lots of people work for free—volunteers, interns, students, and others all provide their time to businesses without receiving any pay in ret...
NLRB finally gives some real-world guidance on social media as protected, concerted activity
By Jon Hyman
In the NLRB's final act before the long Labor Day weekend, an Administrative Law Judge in Buffalo, NY, issued his decision in Hispanics ...
Pregnancy as disability discrimination: New ADA vs. Old ADA
By Jon Hyman
A year ago, the 6th Circuit concluded that pregnancy-related impairments that are not part of a “normal” pregnancy—such as miscarriage susc...
Happy Labor Day
By Jon Hyman
Like most, I’m off today. The Department of Labor, though, never sleeps. It has an entire micro-site that celebrates today’s holiday: h...
WIRTW #191 (the “Come on Irene” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Bad puns aside, last weekend was not a good one for the Northeast. Other than an extended power outage, Irene’s worst spared my family in su...
Can a handbook policy bind an employee to arbitration? 6th Circuit says no.
By Jon Hyman
We spend a lot of time debating the respective merits of fine point of the law. The reality, however, is that judges are people too. Despite...