’Twas the Employment Law Night Before Christmas
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I bring you the holiday classic, ’Twas the Employment Law Night Before...
Archive: December 2020
Coronavirus Update 12-22-2020: Congress approves an FFCRA extension (sort of)
By Jon Hyman
Late yesterday, Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, better known as its $900 billion COVID-19 rescue stimulus. Pres...
Worst Employer(s) of 2020: The Winners
By Jon Hyman
It brings me tremendous joy to announce the Worst Employer(s) of 2020.
Coronavirus Update 12-21-2020: Ensuring compliance with your Covid safety protocols shouldn’t be a mission impossible
By Jon Hyman
British newspaper The Sun published leaked audio capturing Tom Cruise angrily addressing two crew members who he believed had breached Covi...
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear
By Jon Hyman
In his semi-eponymous movie, Buddy the Elf famously explained , "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear...
Coronavirus Update 12-17-2020, part 2: The COVID-19 vaccine and race discrimination
By Jon Hyman
One issue the EEOC omitted from its technical guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine is the issue of race discrimination. According to one recen...
Coronavirus Update 12-17-2020: EEOC releases guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the EEOC published its guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine under the ADA and GINA, in the form of nine Q & As. You can read them...
My one work rule to rule them all
By Jon Hyman
George Carlin was a genius. He just had a way of breaking down language into its most simple parts. Whether it was The 7 Dirty Words or The...
Coronavirus Update 12-15-2020: Don’t be this a-hole
By Jon Hyman
According to Cleveland.com , a pair of Ohio parents are facing possible criminal charges after piling 60 maskless teenagers into a party bus...
If you’re tired of reading about the Worst Employer voting, you can now listen to me talk about it
By Jon Hyman
Marc Alifanz and Kate Bischoff are two of my favorite people. They also happen to host one of my favorite podcasts, Hostile Work Environme...
Coronavirus Update 12-11-2020: Food insecurity
By Jon Hyman
One of the great tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic is the number of Americans who are without enough food to eat. It is estimated that near...
Have you cast your vote yet for the Worst Employer(s) of 2020?
By Jon Hyman
2017: The Cancerous Boss (employer fires employee after his cancer diagnosis because she doesn't " need people with cancer workin...
Coronavirus Update 12-9-2020: Maskual harassment, part 2
By Jon Hyman
"I wish I could see your pretty lips if they match ur eyes." "Come on, sweetie. Lemme see that pretty face under there. Take ...
Coronavirus Update 12-8-2020: Tipped restaurant and other service workers at high risk for “maskual harassment"
By Jon Hyman
Everyone has been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. Service industry employees, however, have been hit particularly hard. Many are out ...
Coronavirus Update 12-7-2020: Vaccines
By Jon Hyman
We are days away from the FDA approving two different COVID-19 vaccines, and it is being reported that the first people could start receivi...
Coronavirus Update 12-4-2020: COVID is like a blizzard
By Jon Hyman
I didn't write today's post. My healthcare worker sister-in-law did. Hopefully she doesn't mind that I'm sharing what she po...
Coronavirus Update 12-3-2020: CDC cuts recommended quarantine period from 14 days to 7 – 10 days (sort of)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the CDC amended its guidance on the duration of quarantine for individuals in close contact with someone else positive with COV...
Coronavirus Update 12-2-2020: Congress must extend the FFCRA
By Jon Hyman
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the federal law that provides paid sick and family leave to employees for COVID-19-related abse...
VOTE for the Worst Employer of 2020
By Jon Hyman
It's officially election season for the Worst Employer of 2020 . Since it is 2020, however, this can't be a normal Worst Employer ...