Do workplace bullies violate OSHA?
According to a study recently published in the Journal of Applied Psychology , bullying bosses make workplaces less safe. Poor treatmen...
Archive: July 2019
Labor and employment lessons from the world’s most combative stripper
By Jon Hyman
Different type of stripper Meet Brandi Campbell, a stripper and self-proclaimed labor activist for other strippers nationwide. She main...
#MeToo hasn’t killed the office romance, just the inappropriate ones
By Jon Hyman
According to the National Review, #MeToo killed the office romance . It must be a brave soul who dares to strike up a flirtatious conve...
WIRTW #561 (the “don’t call me flaky” edition)
By Jon Hyman
According to The Economist , dads face greater workplace penalties for taking parental leaves than do moms. Americans see taking a break t...
Which mental health service does the FMLA not cover?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I discussed our national mental health crisis , and the important role employers play in removing barriers to employees receivi...
Employee suicide is the next big workplace safety crisis
By Jon Hyman
A recent headline at businessinsurance.com caught my eye: Suicide seen as “next frontier” in workplace safety risks It’s a pretty d...
The 14th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the horrible harasser
By Jon Hyman
In its press release announcing a recently filed sexual harassment lawsuit, the EEOC says that a N.Y.-based housing development and prop...
Parental discrimination claims pose big risks for employers
By Jon Hyman
According to workingmother.com, More Parents Than Ever Are Suing Their Employers for Discrimination—and Winning . The article is right — ...
WIRTW #560 (the “more kindness” edition) #IChooseKindness
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday , I asked you all to join me in choosing kindness, and talked about Richard Cook ’s Don’t Hurt Anyone Project . Over on LinkedIn ,...
I choose kindness
By Jon Hyman
In a world that has decided That it’s going to lose its mind Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind ...
There isn’t a “magic number” of racial or ethnic insults an employee must prove to establish a hostile work environment
By Jon Hyman
Jamie Ortiz (of Puerto Rican descent) worked for the Broward County, Florida, School Board in various capacities for nearly 20 years, incl...
A handy FAQ for service animals in the workplace
By Jon Hyman
A local Subway recently earned itself some bad publicity when an employee denied access to a customer with a service dog. While this ...
The 13th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the excoriating executives
By Jon Hyman
It’s been nearly a month since I posted the last nominee for 2019’s Worst Employer. It’s not for lack of ideas; it’s just that the prior n...
WIRTW #559 (the “Happy Birthday D-Man” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This guy turns 11 on Sunday. Happy birthday Donovan! Please keep making us smile. Here’s what I read the past two weeks. Disc...
Rob Mendez won the Jimmy V Award at last night’s ESPYS, and it might be the most inspiring thing you’ve ever seen
By Jon Hyman
Rob Mendez coaches the JV football team at Prospect High School in Saratoga, California. He’s also lived his entire life with no arms and no...
Why are employers testing job applicants for prescription medications?
By Jon Hyman
During a pre-employment medical examination and drug screen, an applicant tests positive for Alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax (a medic...
NLRB offers significant and important guidance on its new(ish) employee handbook rules
By Jon Hyman
It’s been just over 18 months since the NLRB decided Boeing Co. , perhaps its most significant decision in decades. It rewrote more than a...
Why, yesterday, in France was a stadium full of people chanting “EQUAL PAY?”
By Jon Hyman
Indisputable fact no. 1: Women and men should earn the same pay for the same work. Indisputable fact no. 2: The players on the United St...
4 ways your employees are like a new puppy
By Jon Hyman
We are on day 5 of new puppy in the Hyman household. Dante is adjusting well, as are we (including big sister Loula … more or less). It’s be...
There’s no such thing as “reverse” discrimination—it’s all just discrimination
By Jon Hyman
According to the New York Post , a Caucasian 20-year veteran attorney for the Legal Aid Society is suing her former employer for race dis...
Don’t forget about overtime pay when providing bonuses to non-exempt employees
By Jon Hyman
Last week Chipotle announced a new bonus plan that could earn its employees up to an extra month of pay each year. Per the chain’s press r...