Coronavirus Update 6–30–2020: CDC now recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public
Your cloth face covering may protect them. Their cloth face covering may protect you. As COVID-19 cases spike nationwide, and the CDC warns ...
Archive: June 2020
Coronavirus Update 6–29–2020: Judge hands McDonald’s a whopper of a rebuke for its COVID-19 response
By Jon Hyman
A month ago I reported on a novel lawsuit filed against McDonald's Corporation in which the plaintiffs sought to have the fast-food con...
Coronavirus Update 6–26–2020: New music Friday—Norah (en français), and a brand new Old 97’s song @suburbspod #FridayNightHootenanny
By Jon Hyman
Since early May, Norah has spent her Friday nights jamming on the Rockin' the Suburbs podcast's Friday Night Hootenanny. Each Frida...
Coronavirus Update 6–25–2020: Are employees taking paid leave under the FFCRA? — the results
By Jon Hyman
The results are in from my survey on the prevalence of employee leave under the FFCRA. Of those employers that are covered by the FFCRA: 86 ...
Coronavirus Update 6–24–2020: Are employees taking paid leave under the FFCRA?
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent poll conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families , less than one in five employees have either take...
Coronavirus Update 6–23–2020: Must you accommodate an employee with a high-risk family member?
By Jon Hyman
A bit of personal news: I have requested the opportunity to work from home for the fall semester because of my daughter’s heart condition. I...
Coronavirus Update 6–22–2020: Ohio ends unemployment benefits to employees who refuse to work (with some key exceptions)
By Jon Hyman
The state of Ohio will begin denying unemployment benefits to employees who refuse to work because of coronavirus. Governor DeWine issued a...
Coronavirus Update 6–19–2020: How to communicate when an employee tests positive
By Jon Hyman
Positive COVID-19 tests are sadly the reality of 2020, and likely at least part of 2021. Nationally, 2.23 million of us have tested positive...
Coronavirus Update 6–18–2020: Errata—employers cannot require antibody tests of employees, says EEOC
By Jon Hyman
Two months ago I suggested that the EEOC would conclude that employers could require COVID-19 antibody tests as a condition of employment....
Does Title VII protect employees whose spouses are pregnant?
By Jon Hyman
A male Disney employee has filed suit against his former employer, claiming that Disney unlawfully discriminated against him because of his...
Everything you need to know about Bostock v. Clayton County—the #SCOTUS LGBTQ discrimination decision—in five quotes
By Jon Hyman
June is Pride Month. If you thought the month's biggest LGBTQ news was Nickelodeon tweeting that SpongeBob was part of the LGBTQ+ commun...
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court holds that Title VII protects LGBTQ employees 🏳️🌈
By Jon Hyman
In a landmark ruling issued this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination also proh...
Coronavirus Update 6–15–2020: COVID-19 is not an excuse for age discrimination
By Jon Hyman
Consider these headlines: Older Workers Grapple With Risk of Getting Covid-19 on the Job Older Workers Returning to Office Fear Both Virus a...
Coronavirus Update 6–12–2020: sanctimony (and masks) #MaskingForAFriend
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I asked a simple question: Do you voluntarily wear a mask or other facial covering when out in public? Thank you to the hundreds ...
Coronavirus Update 6–11–2020: OSHA issues guidance on cloth face coverings at work
By Jon Hyman
I continue to struggle with comprehending how masks and facial coverings became one of the key coronavirus issues that's divided our na...
Coronavirus Update 6–10–2020: President Trump signs Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, extending PPP loan forgiveness
By Jon Hyman
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 , which President Trump signed into law on June 5, makes several key business-friend...
Coronavirus Update 6–9–2020: Northeast Ohio restaurants sue to block reopening guidelines
By Jon Hyman
What is a state's ability to regulate businesses during a pandemic? This question is one that will be answered in a lawsuit filed yester...
Coronavirus Update 6–8–2020: “I was terminated for refusing to wear a ‘Trump 2020’ face mask."
By Jon Hyman
Ohio requires that all employees wear face masks or other face coverings as a condition to any business reopening that ( subject to a few li...
Coronavirus Update 6–5–2020: Cleveland is not the “butthole of the world"
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, Frank Jackson, Cleveland's four-term mayor, said that "Cleveland's perceived to be the butthole of the world...
Coronavirus Update 6–4–2020: Can you force employees who participate in George Floyd protests to quarantine without pay?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday I discussed the legalities of placing on an unpaid leave of absence employees who engaging in leisure mass gatherings outside of ...
Coronavirus Update 6–3–2020: Do “Lake of the Ozarks” employees sent home from work qualify for paid sick leave under the FFCRA?
By Jon Hyman
Last week I discussed how to handle employees who are not social distancing outside of work. My thoughts were spurred by videos of employee...
Coronavirus Update 6–2–2020: Justice Department indicts employee for COVID-19 workplace fraud
By Jon Hyman
In mid-April the FBI warned employers to be on the lookout for fake COVID-19 diagnoses, doctors' notes, and other coronavirus-related d...
I am at a loss for words…
By Jon Hyman
I cannot ignore the appalling tragedies we experienced over the past week, first through the murder of George Floyd, and then through the ri...