Archive: August 2017

Ding, dong, the DOL’s salary test for white collar exemptions is dead (sort of). A Texas federal judge has held that the Department of L...

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File this one under the category of I can’t make this stuff up . Apparently, Justin Bieber’s testicles are at the center of a recently fil...

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A female public relations exec is suing her former employer for sex discrimination. Her claim—that her male bosses limited her access to t...

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14 years ago today, my wife and I married. The ceremony started at 11 am, and by 10:55 I was nervous. Not your normal, “I’m about to g...

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Suppose an employee files an EEOC charge of discrimination against you. And, further suppose that during the investigation, you receive a...

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Last week I offered by eight-word meaning of life : Be kind to others and do good things. Today, I further offer “Corollary One” to said...

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The EEOC has sued an Atlanta cemetery company for firing an employee the day after the agency interviewed her as part of an on-going inves...

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It’s been a rough few years for workplace policies at the NLRB . From communication policies, to social media policies, to conduct poli...

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According to a lawsuit the EEOC recently filed against Macy’s, Inc., the retailer allegedly violated the ADA by firing an employee instead...

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When history closes its book on 21st century America, Charlottesville may go down as one of its most significant chapters. If justice has ...

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Happy back to school @lakeridgeacademy for Norah (6th) and Donovan (3rd). A post shared by Jon Hyman (@jonhyman) on Aug 16, 2017 at...

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A few months back, while riding in the car (we do a lot of riding in the car, mostly to and from music lessons, rehearsals, and gigs), I f...

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According to a recent survey conducted by OfficeTeam , on average, employees spend 8 hours per workweek on non-work activities. What doe...

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In Bankers Life and Casualty Company v. American Senior Benefits  (Ill. Ct. App. 8/7/17) , Bankers Life sued a former sales manager, Grego...

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In the wake of Friday and Saturday’s horrific, evil events in Charlottesville, the twitter account  YesYoureRacist  posted many riot photos ...

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Hey look, it’s me, in Crain’s Cleveland Business, discussing the employee handbooks : Here’s what I read this week:

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There exists only one workplace environment in which a white employee can keep his job after yelling the following at a group of African-A...

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By now, you’ve likely heard about the male Google employee ( James Damore ) who circulated within the company a 10-page memo entitled, “Go...

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Defending claims for off-the-clock work is one of the most difficult tasks employers face under the Fair Labor Standards Act. An employee ...

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I have enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with Workforce Magazine . I’ve been blogging at workforce.com for the past five-plus years....

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’Nuff said. Here’s what I read this week:

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Our family dog, Loula, is microchipped. Our vet offered it to us as a service when Loula first joined our family. It provides some peace of ...

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I cannot recall a time when our government has been more divided across ideological and party lines. (I don’t count the early 1860s, becau...

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  ( George Santayana ) It’s been eight long years since Bozeman, Monta...

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