New Music Friday: “Wish I Was Ur Guitar,” by norah marie
Welcome back to New Music Friday. Today, I'm so happy to share my 14-year-old daughter's first-ever single, "Wish I Was Ur Guit...
Archive: January 2021
I applaud any company that takes a stand in support of democracy
By Jon Hyman
Meet Bob Unanue, the (for now) CEO of Goya Foods. Here he is talking to Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue tells Mar...
Coronavirus Update 1-27-2021: Tread carefully if offering employees financial incentives to get the COVID-19 vaccine
By Jon Hyman
To a nation waiting for action, let me be clearest on this point: Help is on the way. Those were the words of President Biden in announcing...
The 3rd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the pregnant pauser
By Jon Hyman
Pregnancy discrimination has been illegal for at least 43 years. You'd think employers would know better. You'd also lose a lot of b...
Coronavirus Update 1-25-2021: President Biden calls for unemployment benefits to employees who refuse to work because of Covid
By Jon Hyman
Late last week, President Biden signaled that part of his overall plan to provide economic relief for American families and businesses amid ...
Civil rights is not a pizza
By Jon Hyman
Among the litany of executive orders President Biden issued in his first two days in office was one on Preventing and Combating Discriminat...
Instead of reading my thoughts, today I offer you two options to listen to them
By Jon Hyman
One of the great benefits of this blog is the opportunities it has opened for me to network with others. One of the great benefits of that n...
Inauguration Day
By Jon Hyman
Today is a wonderful day. 28 years ago, January 20, 1993, I was on the National Mall experiencing the inauguration of Bill Clinton. One of m...
What employers can expect from Biden’s presidency: A temporary emergency OSHA standard for COVID-19
By Jon Hyman
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the identification of the first COVID-19 case in the United States. On January 20, 2020, the State o...
Biden calls for extension and expansion of FFCRA
By Jon Hyman
As you should hopefully be aware, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the federal law that provided paid leave to employees...
What employers can expect from Biden’s presidency: A $15 minimum wage
By Jon Hyman
This week I'll be examining what employers can expect from Joe Biden's presidency. Today, a $15 minimum wage. Late last week Preside...
The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the stillbirthing leave spurner
By Jon Hyman
When I close out this contest at the end of each year I ask myself, "Jon, will you be able to find sufficiently awful nominees for the ...
H.B. 352 finally fixes Ohio’s broken employment discrimination statute for employers
By Jon Hyman
For lack of more artful description, Ohio's employment discrimination law was a mess. It exposed employers to claims for up to six years...
Github fires employee for using the n-word … Nazi
By Jon Hyman
Software company GitHub is taking a lot of heat for firing a Jewish employee for referring to the people who stormed the Capitol on January ...
Coronavirus Update 1-12-2021: 8 of the 10 deadliest days in US history are because of Covid
By Jon Hyman
While we've all been mentally overcome by the rebellion that unfolded at the Capitol and the civil war that I fear it started, Covid-19 ...
“Beware systemic discrimination,” says EEOC to employers
By Jon Hyman
Systemic discrimination has multiple meanings, according to the EEOC: A "pattern or practice, policy, and/or class cases where the disc...
When you discover that you employ a seditious rebel #TraitorsGettingFired
By Jon Hyman
Imagine you discover that Elizabeth from Knoxville is one of your employees. Elizabeth wasn’t ready for the revolution to be televised😂 pic...
I’m pretty far from okay
By Jon Hyman
I’m not okay with what happened yesterday. I’m angry, I’m sad, and I’m scared for the future of our country and our democracy. A seditious ...
I’m not in Kansas anymore … or ever (an unemployment fraud story)
By Jon Hyman
What's wrong with this photo?
The 1st nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021" is … the bogus bonus payor
By Jon Hyman
We all felt for Clark Griswold when, instead of his expected year-end bonus, he received a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Clu...
Coronavirus Update 1-4-2021: DOL approves telemedicine visits to establish a serious health condition under the FMLA
By Jon Hyman
With the COVID-19 pandemic closing health-care-provider offices or severely limiting patient access, many have turned to telehealth to remot...