The 12 Days of Employment Law Christmas (2015 Edition)
For the past three Noels, I published “The 12 Days of Employment Law Christmas.” As this has become a year-end tradition at the blog, I’m sh...
Archive: December 2015
7th Circuit delivers employers an early Christmas gift in EEOC severance agreement case
By Jon Hyman
In EEOC v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. , the EEOC challenged what I have previously described as several garden-variety, boilerplate provisions in ...
WIRTW #394 (the “re-gift” edition)
By Jon Hyman
What do you do with gifts that are less than desirable? John Oliver shares his ideas on the dos and don’ts of re-gifting . I won’t get ...
What Star Wars teaches us about employee relations #TheForceAwakens
By Jon Hyman
My earliest cinematic memories involve Star Wars. I don’t really remember seeing A New Hope in the theater (I was only 4 years old), but ...
Why we accommodate employees
By Jon Hyman
Lyerly v. Southwest Airlines (S.D. Tex. 12/9/15) provides a textbook example of why we accommodate employees. This employer bent over back...
What you need to know (for now) about smartphone use and overtime pay
By Jon Hyman
I first wrote about the possibility of employees seeking unpaid overtime for time spent away from work checking emails on mobile devices all...
Professionalism, social media, and the workplace
By Jon Hyman
An employee was recently terminated because of this post on his personal Facebook page:
WIRTW #393 (the “Darth Trump” edition)
By Jon Hyman
The Internet was invented in 1983 . It’s taken me 32 years to figure out why. The Internet was invented so that someone could replace audio ...
#ElderlyChristmasSongs and age discrimination
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, #ElderlyChristmasSongs trended on Twitter. Yes, it’s meant to be a joke, and, yes, some were even funny. Now here’s the part w...
Alcoholism and ADA: former USC coach Steve Sarkisian files suit over his termination
By Jon Hyman
On October 12, USC fired its head football coach, Steve Sarkisian. Yesterday, Sarkisian filed a 31-page, 14-count complaint in California s...
U.S. Chamber takes on the NLRB’s Theater of the Absurd
By Jon Hyman
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, what I am about to tell you should not come as a shock—I’m not a huge fan of the curr...
Can you legally deck the workplace halls?
By Jon Hyman
The holiday season is in full swing. Gifts are flying off the shelves, FedEx is delivering too many Amazon-logoed boxes to count, and lights...
WIRTW #392 (the “miles and miles and miles” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday afternoon was the Fall Play-In at my daughter’s school. It’s essentially a music recital for the kids in grades K – 5 who take pri...
Are you prepared for an active shooter at your workplace?
By Jon Hyman
Today’s post was going to be about accommodating different holiday traditions at work, but that post will have to wait. Yesterday, San Berna...
Does the ADA protect Charlie Sheen? You bet.
By Jon Hyman
Perhaps it’s a coincidence that the EEOC released guidance on the ADA’s protection of HIV-positive employees within two weeks of Charlie She...
Wage-and-hour issues continue to confound employers, with more looming
By Jon Hyman
Two stories on Employment Law360 caught my attention: McDonald’s To Pay $1.5M To Settle Workers' Wage Suit and Wage Suits Hit Record Hi...