Unions membership is up in Ohio; is your business prepared?
Union membership numbers for 2016 are out , and while most employers should be encouraged, Ohio employers might think otherwise. In Ohio...
Archive: January 2017
Trump’s un-American travel ban and the workplace
By Jon Hyman
I’ve had an internal debate all weekend long over whether I should blog about Trump’s executive order that that bans immigration from sev...
WIRTW #446 (the “I wish I wrote that” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Every now and again, someone writes a blog post that I wish I had written. This week brought us one such post. Could “The Last Jedi” ...
The 2nd nominee for the “worst employer of 2017” is … the recorded retaliator
By Jon Hyman
Our next nominee for the Worst Employer of 2017 comes from my very own backyard—Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Here in Northea...
Make password security a priority for your employees in 2017
By Jon Hyman
Do you know the top 10 passwords used to “secure” enterprise-connected devices in 2016 ? Sadly and unsurprisingly, here they are, along wi...
Andrew Puzder’s view of women should disqualify him as Secretary of Labor
By Jon Hyman
On Saturday, millions worldwide ( 2.6 million, according to USA Today ) marched for women’s rights. On February 2, the Senate Health, Educa...
On the news: Hyman on reckless employee tweets and our new President
By Jon Hyman
Last Thursday morning I received a call from Mike Brookbank , a reporter for WEWS, our local ABC affiliate. “I saw your quotes on Money.com ...
WIRTW #445 (the “dynamic duo” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Last weekend was School of Rock weekend for the Hyman family. My kids showed a packed club what they’ve been working on for the past four mo...
A not-so-subtle reminder about the need for cybersecurity training
By Jon Hyman
I feel like I’ve written a lot lately about the need for cybersecurity training for employees (for example, here , here , and here ). Yet...
OSHA suggests employer best practices for anti-retaliation programs
By Jon Hyman
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published recommended best practices to protect from retaliation employees who repor...
Pets in your workplace? Assess the risks and draft a policy.
By Jon Hyman
A reader recently emailed the following question: Some people need service dogs to get to work. But many more simply want to take the...
SCOTUS to review NLRB ban on class-action waivers
By Jon Hyman
One of the biggest issues on the NLRB’s hit list over the past few years has been class-action waivers. In D.R. Horton , a 3-2 majority of...
WIRTW #444 (the “training” edition)
By Jon Hyman
The workplace training video. I hope yours go better than this example . Here’s what I read this week:
… and an early contender for worst employer of the year
By Jon Hyman
We already have a nominee for worst employee of 2017 , so why not share the love and nominate a worst employer. Drum roll…
Tread carefully if stripping employees of their pay
By Jon Hyman
Wait, not this kind of stripping? Stevens v. Oval Office (E.D. Wisc. 12/29/16) [hat tip: Walter Olson’s Overlawyered ] poses an intere...
Cleveland Clinic doctor feeling ill after anti-vax blog post stirs trouble
By Jon Hyman
A wellness physician at the Cleveland Clinic is in hot water following his blog post on Cleveland.com , in which he argued that parents av...
Failure to follow employer’s reporting rules dooms employee’s FMLA claim
By Jon Hyman
F-M-L-A: four letters that cast fear in the heart of any HR professional. So many rules to follow, so many ways to mess up and cost an emp...
WIRTW #443 (the “gigs” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Holy cow, has it really been three weeks since I last posted a weekly roundup? It’s also early January, which means it’s School of Rock sh...
Mandatory flu shots cost employer bigly
By Jon Hyman
You may recall that in September I reported on a lawsuit the EEOC filed against a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging that it unlawfully fire...
An early contender for employee of the year
By Jon Hyman
It’s only the 4th day of January, and we already have an early contender for employee of the year. I can not do this story any justice be...
Why it doesn’t matter that Ohio’s concealed-carry law removed its discrimination protections
By Jon Hyman
We are going to begin 2017 near where we brought 2016 to a close—gun-owner protections. Shortly before the end of Ohio’s 131st legislati...