Work-life balance vs. Antiwork
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Archive: November 2021
Coronavirus Update 11-29-2021: What we do know and don’t know about Omicron
By Jon Hyman
While we digested our Thanksgiving turkey, news broke about a new COVID-19 variant making its way around the world — B.1.1.529, now official...
Happy Thanksgiving. What are you #thankful for?
By Jon Hyman
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, hands down. And it's not just the turkey, stuffing, and pies (especially the pies). It's the pe...
It’s a bad idea — and age discrimination — to badger an older employee about retirement
By Jon Hyman
A new manager takes away a pet project from a long-term 60-year-old employee, repeatedly asks him when he's "going to retire,"...
WIRTW #605: the “Norah and Dad show” edition
By Jon Hyman
I'm starting a podcast. Correction. We are starting a podcast. The other half of the "we" in question is my 15-year-old daught...
John Oliver’s exposé on "union busting” missed one key fact — the unions are actually WINNING
By Jon Hyman
This past Sunday night, John Oliver closed his 2021 season with a long-form exposé on labor unions . More specifically, he focused on the ef...
Coronavirus Update 11-17-2021: OSHA’s vax-or-test emergency standard is on life support
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday brought two huge developments in the battle over OSHA's vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard. First, the conservativ...
The 14th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Singing Supervisor
By Jon Hyman
You can tell by the smell that your girl's not doing well when the end of the month rolls along. You can tell by the stink that your gir...
Coronavirus Update 11-15-2021: Employers, DO NOT allow a law firm to charge you for their OSHA ETS compliant vaccine policy
By Jon Hyman
The following headline in my feed reader recently caught my attention: NOW AVAILABLE: Model Employment Policy for Compliance with OSHA’s Eme...
BREAKING NEWS: 5th Circuit issues new order continuing its stay of the OSHA vaccine-or-test ETS
By Jon Hyman
In a 22-page opinion issued last night that I can only describe as a scathing rebuke of OSHA's vaccine-or-test emergency temporary stan...
WIRTW #604: the “I promise I’m a real lawyer” edition
By Jon Hyman
The post was not meant to be controversial. Aaron Rogers admittedly lied about his vaccination status. I merely suggested that he not get a ...
Coronavirus Update 11-11-2021: Religious groups tell 5th Circuit that the OSHA vaccine mandate is a “sin against God"
By Jon Hyman
In a filing made with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the petition seeking to strike down OSHA's "vaccine or test...
Coronavirus Update 11-10-2021: Federal judge grants injunction victory to United on its vaccine mandates, but signals that this war is far from over
By Jon Hyman
A U.S. federal district court judge ruled that an employer can impose on its employees a Covid-19 vaccine mandate that provides unpaid leave...
Coronavirus Update 11-9-2021: White House tells employers to proceed with vaccine mandate despite 5th Circuit stay; I concur
By Jon Hyman
People should not wait. They should continue to move forward and make sure they’re getting their workplace vaccinated. – White House Deputy ...
Coronavirus Update 11-8-2021: Let’s talk about Aaron Rogers
By Jon Hyman
Last Wednesday, Aaron Rodgers, future Hall of Fame quarterback for the first-place Green Bay Packers, tested positive for Covid-19. This fac...
I did not lose on Jeopardy!
By Jon Hyman
The Final Jeopardy category is “Cybersecurity.” The answer: “The reason why it was not Jeopardy! Clue Crew member assistant director Sarah W...
WIRTW #603: the “Did anything happen yesterday?” edition
By Jon Hyman
Unless you've been living in a cave for the past 24 hours, you are well aware that OSHA released its vaccine-mandate emergency temporary...
BREAKING NEWS: OSHA publishes its vaccine-mandate emergency temporary standard
By Jon Hyman
Write down November 4, 2021, as the Employment Lawyer Superbowl. At 8:45 am this morning, OSHA published its Covid-19 Vaccination and Testin...
I lost on Jeopardy! A cybersecurity lesson on phishing scams
By Jon Hyman
It started innocently enough, with a tweet : "Please share your best strategies for finding a PS5 before Christmas that do not involve ...
The customer isn’t always right, especially when the customer wants you to discriminate
By Jon Hyman
"I'm afraid we can't hire you because you won't mix well with our customers." That's what the EEOC alleges a north...
Politics and work don’t mix: Southwest Airlines investigating pilot for “Let’s go Brandon” in-flight announcement
By Jon Hyman
Southwest Airlines is investigating one of its pilots for saying "Let's go Bradon" during an in-flight announcement. What is...
The 13th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Abortion Forcer
By Jon Hyman
I literally have no words for this, the 13th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2021. Here's the headline, from NBC News : D.C. assistant...