WIRTW #244 (the recap edition)
All week, I’ve be posting the one question I’d ask each of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates during the upcoming debates: ...
Archive: September 2012
My one question for Paul Ryan: Are you a real fiscal conservative?
By Jon Hyman
Today ends my series of debate questions for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. On the hot seat is Paul Ryan. Here's my ...
My one question for Joe Biden: labor unions and the NLRB
By Jon Hyman
Today, I continue my series on the one debate question I would ask each of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. Today’s target...
My one question for Mitt Romney: civil rights
By Jon Hyman
Today, I continue my series on the one debate question I would ask each of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. Today’s target...
The one question I would ask President Obama during the debates
By Jon Hyman
Four years ago, Dan Schwartz, on his Connecticut Employment Law Blog, answered the following question: What One Question Regarding Labor ...
Firing an employee? Tell them! (don’t Milton the termination)
By Jon Hyman
Office Space is one of the great movies about the modern workplace. One of its key plot lines involves sad sack employee Milton Waddams, wh...
Testing a New RSS Service. Fingers Crossed, Here it Goes
By Jon Hyman
To my loyal readers, I'm using this rainy Saturday afternoon in Cleveland to test a new feed service, as it appears that Feedburner, w...
WIRTW #243 (the “SAHM no more” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Over the years, I’ve used this space to share some things about my family and me. I figure it helps you better understand me as a person, wh...
Employers are increasingly worried about social media and workplace technology
By Jon Hyman
What policy will cause employers to lose the most sleep in the coming year? According to a recent survey conducted by BLR , social media wil...
Do your employees know what “loyalty” means?
By Jon Hyman
In almost all states (Ohio included) all employees owe their employer a “duty of loyalty,” which, in the words of one court , means “a duty ...
No call, no show, no FMLA
By Jon Hyman
Just because an employee makes a request for FMLA leave does not excuse an employee from complying with an employer’s attendance policies. A...
NLRB continues to attack facially neutral employment policies
By Jon Hyman
The NLRB continues its assault on garden-variety employment policies, issuing three decisions over the last 10 days, each of which concluded...
WIRTW #242 (the “on the road again” edition)
By Jon Hyman
On Monday, I’ll be in Dayton, Ohio, at the LexisNexis campus, recording two video CLEs for its corporate legal curriculum: It’s Five O...
The 5 little words that will cause your company a huge headache
By Jon Hyman
“Tell me how you’re paid.” The biggest wage and hour case I ever defended started with those five little words. A very disgruntled, and just...
Criminal background checks remain on the EEOC’s radar
By Jon Hyman
Four months ago, the EEOC issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions und...
Testing employees for legally prescribes medications must be done carefully
By Jon Hyman
A recent settlement announced by the EEOC points out the risks that exist if you include lawfully prescribed medications in your drug testi...
Transfer preferences to vacant positions as an ADA reasonable accommodation continue to baffle courts
By Jon Hyman
A disabled employee comes to you and asks for a transfer to an open and available position as a reasonable accommodation? Do you grant the r...
WIRTW #241 (the “replay” edition)
By Jon Hyman
In case you missed it,and for your listening pleasure— Here’s yesterday’s appearance on DriveThruHR : Listen to internet radio with W...
Unemployment (or prior lawsuits) as a protected class? Not so fast says the 6th Circuit
By Jon Hyman
Last week, in Berrington v. Wal-Mart , the 6th Circuit considered the issue of whether a company could be liable for refusing to hire someon...
How long is too long for a medical leave of absence?
By Jon Hyman
Last year, I suggested that the ADA has swallowed the FMLA for employee medical leaves : The recently amended ADA is expansive enough t...
Are your policies updated to account for Ohio’s new ban on texting while driving?
By Jon Hyman
The statistics are enough to scare anyone from texting while driving: Drivers are 23 times more likely to crash while texting and drivi...