Coronavirus Update 6–30–2021: Because of your vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 is here to stay
Last week I asked you, my readers, for your creative ideas to incentivize more people to get vaccinated. Your thoughts—
Archive: June 2021
Transgender bathroom access remains a solution in search of a problem
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a school district challenging the right of a transgender student to use the bat...
Coronavirus Update 6-28-2021: Television meteorologist April Moss correctly fired for on-air rant against employer’s Covid policies
By Jon Hyman
WWJ CBS Detroit fired meteorologist April Moss after objecting on-air against her employer's COVID-19 policies. Moss paused her Father...
Coronavirus Update 6-25-2021: Post-Covid pet-friendly workplaces?
By Jon Hyman
"Does returning to the office mean bringing pets to work?" is a question that recently caught my eye as I was scrolling through my...
Coronavirus Update 6-24-2021: Crowdsourcing new ideas on how to get more people vaccinated
By Jon Hyman
State-sponsored vaccine lotteries. Relaxed or eliminated mitigation rules for the fully vaccinated. Paid time off for vaccines and side effe...
Coronavirus Update 6-23-2021: We now live a Covid-bifurcated society — the vaccinated and the will-get-sick
By Jon Hyman
I spent last weekend visiting my parents in Philadelphia. Because of the pandemic we had not seen them in 20(!) months. It was a glorious fi...
Coronavirus Update 6-22-2021: Workplace things Covid has not changed—you can still fire dishonest employees
By Jon Hyman
Suppose an employee leaves work claiming Covid-like symptoms. He then calls off work for the next two weeks, claiming he is quarantining at ...
Explaining the EEOC’s brand-new LGBTQ+ resources in three words
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, Bostock v. Clayton County —the Supreme Court decision which held that Title VII expressly covers and protects gay and transgender...
HR horror stories
By Jon Hyman
If you've never experienced someone spreading 💩 all over the place, then you don’t work in employment law or HR. For example, consider ...
Coronavirus Update 6-14-2021: It took all of 12 days for 117 employees to learn what it feels like to lose a lawsuit in spectacular fashion
By Jon Hyman
Twelve days ago I predicted that the 117 hospital workers suing their employer over its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine would lose their lawsuit...
Coronavirus Update 6-11-2021: OSHA’s long-awaited COVID-19 safety rule is a big bowl of … meh
By Jon Hyman
Today is the 15-month anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. All that employers have asked of OSHA during the past year and a quarter is some...
Coronavirus Update 6-10-2021: The patients have taken over the asylum
By Jon Hyman
Meet Dr. Sherri Tenpenny . She calls herself the "most knowledgeable and outspoken physician on the adverse impact that vaccines can ha...
Coronavirus Update 6-9-2021: No, the COVID-19 vaccine has not killed more people than mass shootings, and it’s not even close
By Jon Hyman
In Miller v. Bonata , a federal district court held that California's 30-plus-year ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment....
Coronavirus Update 6-8-2021: OSHA updates employers of N95 use
By Jon Hyman
OSHA recently provided employers an update on the proper use of N95 masks, including a new video , poster (in English and Spanish ), and FA...
Celebrating the important stuff
By Jon Hyman
Donovan was diagnosed with Noonan Syndrome when he was just five months old. His gastroenterologist heard a heart murmur, which caused her t...
Now is as good a time as ever for a cybersecurity refresher
By Jon Hyman
In light of the recent crippling Russian cyber-attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS , now is a perfect time for a refresher course on cyber...
Coronavirus Update 6-2-2021: 117 employees are about to learn what it feels like to lose a lawsuit in spectacular fashion
By Jon Hyman
117 employees have sued their employer, Houston Methodist Hospital, over its requirement that all employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine. A...
Coronavirus Update 6-1-2021: EEOC says that employers legally can offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated in almost all instances
By Jon Hyman
Employers have been anxiously waiting for the EEOC to publish its guidance for employers on incentives offered to employees in exchange for ...