WIRTW #398 (the “doorbell” edition)
Someday, Donovan will comb through the archives of this blog and ask, “Dad, you sure wrote a lot about Norah’s music. What about mine?” So...
Archive: January 2016
Consensus starting to form around reasonable reporting rules for off-the-clock overtime pay
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a few years since the 6th Circuit held, in White v. Baptist Memorial Hosp. , that an employer is not liable for unpaid overtime ...
Guest Post: Social Business and HR, Part 2
By Jon Hyman
By Mike Wise First, thanks again to Jon Hyman for the chance to write on a different but related topic – Social Business. As I mention...
DOL doubles down on joint employment under the FMLA
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday , we looked at the DOL’s recent guidance on joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Simultaneously with its FLSA guid...
The federal assault on joint employment continues
By Jon Hyman
First it was the NLRB . Next it was OSHA . Now, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is taking its turn cracking down on joint...
WIRTW #397 (the “Woodstock” edition)
By Jon Hyman
I'm well aware that I write a lot about my daughter’s music, but I do so because (a) I know a lot you enjoy it, and (b) I’m a really pr...
SCOTUS calls a balk on attempted class-action pick-offs
By Jon Hyman
It’s been almost three years since the Supreme Court decided, in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk , that an employer moots an FLSA coll...
Appellate court reinstates sex-discrimination claim of transgendered worker
By Jon Hyman
A federal appellate court reinstated the sex-discrimination claim of a transgender auto mechanic. Credit Nation Auto Sales fired Jennifer ...
NLRB continues to slam employers on mandatory arbitration clauses
By Jon Hyman
Last week, the Huffington Post reported that Guitar Center was requiring all of its employees to choose between signing arbitration agre...
WIRTW #396 (the “walking dead”) edition
By Jon Hyman
I love the creativity of children, mine or otherwise. Donovan can’t recall which of his bandmates came up with the name for his Rock 101 ban...
Ohio court muddles the issue of counterclaims-as-retaliation
By Jon Hyman
Friedrich Nietzsche once said , “It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.” ...
OSHA now thinks that it can cite facilities it hasn’t even visited
By Jon Hyman
Central Transport operates trucking terminals around the country. As a result of OSHA’s investigation of one facility in Massachusetts, th...
EEOC stakes its turf on the issue of sexual orientation discrimination
By Jon Hyman
As I thought of which David Bowie song to support today’s effort, the one that leapt to mind is “Space Oddity” (I was going to use “Changes”...
Employers feeling good about win in EEOC wellness case
By Jon Hyman
Nine months ago, the EEOC published proposed regulations detailing how and when employers can maintain wellness incentives for employees ...
WIRTW #395 (the “rock 'n' roll grade school” edition)
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a bit since I’ve shared any music from Norah’s gigs, so I thought I’d share a clip of three songs from her show last weekend (blu...
And we have an early leader for worst employer of the year
By Jon Hyman
A federal court judge has ordered a Philadelphia-area publishing company, American Future Systems, to pay its employees $1.75 million in unp...
According to OSHA, Ohio is one of the unsafest states for workers
By Jon Hyman
Did you know that OSHA publishes statistics for high-value enforcement cases? Each week, OSHA updates a state-by-state list of enforcement...
Don’t ignore reasonable accommodations in the application process
By Jon Hyman
Eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring is one of six national priorities identified by EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan. Large nat...
NLRB champions the lone wolf in latest protected concerted activity decision
By Jon Hyman
In Whole Foods Market [pdf] , the NLRB held that the employer’s rules prohibiting employees’ use of recording devices in the workplace viola...