Justice Department takes a stand in favor of LGBTQ discrimination
LGBTQ prohibitions continue to make headway in the courts. While Congress has remained silent on the issue, more and more state and federa...
Archive: July 2017
WIRTW #469 (the “rock the lot” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Do you like beautiful Ohio summer sunshine, delicious food-truck cuisine, and sweet rock ‘n’ roll music? If you answer “who doesn’t,” ...
Treat harassment by non-employees no differently than harassment by employees
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following lawsuit the EEOC filed against a California senior-care provider: The civil rights agency found that Rashon Stu...
The 14th nominee for the “worst employer of 2017” is … the horny head of HR
By Jon Hyman
The 14th nominee for the worst employer of 2017, on which you'll be voting at year's end, is perhaps the worst HR exec ever. If sh...
OSHA, what say you about Michael Phelps vs. Shark?
By Jon Hyman
This week is S hark Week on the Discovery Channel. And the marquee event of this year's Shark Week was Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps ...
Court rules that religious accommodation request is not protected activity for retaliation claim
By Jon Hyman
A Minnesota federal court has ruled that an employee’s request for a religious accommodation did not qualify as protected activity to supp...
WIRTW #468 (the “big in Japan” edition)
By Jon Hyman
True story. While trekking between San Francisco’s Coit Tower and Lombard Street, we passed a group of Japanese tourists exiting their bus. ...
This is what the interactive process is supposed to look like
By Jon Hyman
Last week, Donovan turned 9. Since we were in California during his birthday, we’ve had a bit of a delayed celebration back home. Since D-ma...
The (high) times they are a changin’: medical marijuana and disability discrimination
By Jon Hyman
In what is believed to be the first decision of its kind, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has allowed an employee to pursue a dis...
A reminder that any employee can sue you at any time
By Jon Hyman
Another obvious lesson Today’s lesson may seem obvious, but it is one worth repeating: any employee, no matter the on-the-job misconduc...
What I learned on my summer vacation
By Jon Hyman
Saturday evening my family and I returned from our two-week California vacation. Five nights in Los Angeles, two in Paso Robles (if you ever...