Coronavirus Update 1-31-22: Employees should not be choosing between their jobs and working while ill
I return to the office today after a one-week Covid-inducted work-from-home hiatus. I'm fortunate that as a professional I have the abil...
Archive: January 2022
WIRTW #611: the “masthead” edition
By Jon Hyman
Early on in the pandemic, I rebranded and renamed the Ohio Employer Law Blog to the Coronavirus Law Blog . The change was part marketing sav...
Coronavirus Update 1-27-22: Whole Foods 1 – Maskhole 0 😷
By Jon Hyman
You have every right to believe that masks are a form of government control or a satanic tool. You're very wrong, but you are free to be...
Coronavirus Update 1-26-22: OSHA doesn’t need an ETS to go after your business’s Covid-safety deficiencies
By Jon Hyman
With the Supreme Court effectively killing OSHA Covid-19 vax-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard, and OSHA now officially withdrawing it,...
The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the claim-filing clinic
By Jon Hyman
Suppose you have a group of unhappy employees. They don't like their working conditions. They don't like their pay. They generally w...
Coronavirus Update 1-24-22: I’m a Covid statistic
By Jon Hyman
It was a calculated risk. I've been so careful for the past 22 months. We don't socialize outside of a very small bubble. We don...
WIRTW #610: the “humor is the best medicine” edition
By Jon Hyman
On behalf of myself and my daughter, I'd like to thank everyone for all of the kind words of encouragement and support I received for ou...
If you treat employees like they are fungible, they will act like they are fungible
By Jon Hyman
I spent the past few days at the Ohio Craft Brewers Conference promoting my new venture, OhioBeerLawyers.com . In addition to being one of t...
Accountability always starts at the top
By Jon Hyman
How do you respond to an employee who states that the Covid-19 vaccine is a plot by "the Jews" to exterminate people? Does your an...
A very special episode of The Norah and Dad Show, talking about teen mental health
By Jon Hyman
I recently asked you, my readers, followers, and friends, for a favor. I asked you to take a moment to hug your kids a little stronger and ...
Stepping out of my confort zone
By Jon Hyman
Sometimes you need to step out of your comfort zone to move forward, including in one's career. For the past 25 years, I've been a ...
BREAKING NEWS: SCOTUS dumps OSHA vax-or-test emergency temporary standard
By Jon Hyman
The Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the appeal of the 6th Circuit's decision that vacated the 5th Circuit's stay of OSHA...
Coronavirus Update 1-13-22: The CDC is not updating its mask guidelines to better protect against Omicron … but it should
By Jon Hyman
The CDC is not considering updating its current mask guidelines to recommend that everyone wear highly protective N95 or KN95 masks, contrar...
Pumping up workplace lactation rights
By Jon Hyman
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Labcorp over allegations that it failed to provide lactating employees a space fo...
The 2nd nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the enslaving employer
By Jon Hyman
An allegation of slavery has played into each of the last three Worst Employer winners. Thus, even at this early point in this year's li...
The “Penny Pincher” gets sued for retaliation — an update on a 2021 Worst Employer finalist
By Jon Hyman
A OK Walker Autoworks and its owner, Miles Walker, a 2021 Worst Employer finalist , finished dead last in last year's voting , garnering...
WIRTW #609: the “hugs” edition
By Jon Hyman
Everyone do me a favor and hug your kids a little stronger and a little longer tonight. They all need it. — Jon Hyman 💉😷 (@jonhyman) Janua...
Coronavirus Update 1-6-22: Starbucks become first employer of note to adopt OSHA vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard
By Jon Hyman
I don't know what you'll be doing tomorrow morning at 10 am. But I do know what most employment lawyers will be doing — their best t...
Coronavirus Update 1-5-22: What the hell is the CDC doing?
By Jon Hyman
Confused by the CDC's changed guidance on when employees can break isolation? I'm here to help.
The 1st nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2022” is … the crashing chief
By Jon Hyman
Another year, another batch of awful employers for your consideration and your year-end voting. Might as well start off big. Ogden boss alle...
Coronavirus Update 1-3-22: Happy 2020 … too 😞
By Jon Hyman
As we start 2022 (HNY!) let's jump in the time machine and look ahead a couple of weeks to what I think is in our immediate pandemic fut...