WIRTW #722: the 'Até logo' edition
I'll be back with a fresh spirit and fresh content on July 10. This lawyer is officially on vacation. Here's what I read this week t...
Archive: June 2024
This is why you train your management on how to respond to workplace harassment
By Jon Hyman
During Joyce Morgan's employment at Convenient Food Mar, her co-worker, Todd Wise, subjected her to sustained and prolonged sexual haras...
Temporary impairments as ADA disabilities
By Jon Hyman
Does recovery following surgery qualify as a "disability" under the ADA? Well, it depends. Consider, for example, the recent court...
Which of the Ten Commandments allows for a reasonable accommodation?
By Jon Hyman
"What do you say to teachers who don't share your religious views?" "Don't look at it." That was the exchange ...
WIRTW #721: the 'Left of Boom' edition
By Jon Hyman
Being as active as I am on social media has allowed me to amass some pretty cool friends over the years. I recently had the chance to sit do...
Long live Anchor Brewing! We'll have to wait and see about its labor union. ⚓ 🍻
By Jon Hyman
News broke earlier this month that Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire founder of Chobani yogurt, purchased the assets of Anchor Brewing after it...
Call me … maybe? 6th Circuit saves FMLA claim of employee who failed to follow employer's call-in rules.
By Jon Hyman
Latrice Crispell, a 23-year employee of FCA working as a floater on its truck assembly line, suffered from major depression and anxiety, whi...
It was the best of opinions; it was the worst of opinions…
By Jon Hyman
Today, the EEOC's regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act go into effect. Thanks to two very recent federal court o...
The 7th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the murder threatener
By Jon Hyman
"I'm going to kill you." "You're a dead man." That's what Mario and Jaime Lopez, two of the owners and manag...
Just because you only use the n-word on your personal TikTok doesn't mean your employer can't fire you for it.
By Jon Hyman
Until yesterday, I had never heard of a "trad-wife" or of Lilly Gaddis. A trad-wife is a burgeoning trend of women embracing tradi...
As seen on Reddit: payment for training time
By Jon Hyman
As seen on the legaladvice subreddit: "My company just told us about a new policy where any meeting or training that is held over the l...
An update on one of 2023's Worst Employers
By Jon Hyman
Q: What do you win for coming in 6th place in 2023's Worst Employer contest? A: 20 years in federal prison. That's what Stavros Papa...
A ruff reasonable accommodation claim
By Jon Hyman
Samantha Howard worked as a pharmacist for Boswell Regional Health Center. She suffers from Type I diabetes along with hypoglycemic unawaren...
WIRTW #720: the 'Azores' edition
By Jon Hyman
Last summer, my family and I fell in love hard with Portugal. So, this summer we are going back, sort of. In a little over three weeks we l...
Why we fought.
By Jon Hyman
Some numbers to consider on June 6, 2024, the 80th anniversary of D-Day: 75 million: the number of people who died during WWII. 420,000: the...
Please don't forget the "human" in human resources
By Jon Hyman
"How about just being a human being in a situation like this!" "Find a way to help her, be a human being!" "Can we ...
Context, not "magic words," is what matters in judging reasonable accommodation requests, 6th Circuit says
By Jon Hyman
"I'm struggling and need some time to get back to normal. Working 53 hours my first week back is hard for me physically." That...