WIRTW #770: the 'season 4' edition
This week marks the launch of season 4(!) of The Norah and Dad Show podcast. Norah and I chat about our summer, which included a trip to Bo...
Archive: August 2025
Marijuana legalization ≠ job protection
By Jon Hyman
In Flannery v. Peco Foods , the 8th Circuit just provided a sharp reminder of how far the gap can be between what's "legal" fo...
Defending the "kitchen sink" discrimination lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
Arnett Moore, a 51-year-old Baptist Black man, worked as a Division Manager for Avon. When Avon restructured, the company compared the perfo...
WIRTW #769: the 'slavery' edition
By Jon Hyman
Donald Trump wants to make slavery great again. In a rant on Truth Social, he fumed: "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everyth...
🚨 The Fifth Circuit Just Took Aim at the NLRB – And Potentially Every Federal Agency 🚨
By Jon Hyman
This week, the Fifth Circuit handed down a decision in SpaceX v. NLRB that could fundamentally alter how federal labor law—and much of the ...
The 8th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Gender Corroborator
By Jon Hyman
Policies on paper don't protect people. Training does. And this Buffalo Wild Wings location failed… spectacularly. In April, 18-year-old...
Your contracts are a culture test
By Jon Hyman
Contracts are a culture test. This winery failed. This summer, my daughter, a singer/songwriter, had a contract to perform four gigs at a lo...
Appeal court guts protections against customer harassment
By Jon Hyman
Thanks to the 6th Circuit , customer-facing employees are now a whole lot less safe at work. Dorothy Bivens worked as a sales rep for Zep, I...
When your supervisor flips to Team Union…
By Jon Hyman
Rising Star Coffee Roasters is in the middle of a full-blown labor meltdown —protests, police, firings, a closed store. And right in the thi...
WIRTW #768: the 'Peniche' edition
By Jon Hyman
If you find yourself traveling through Portugal, don't overlook Peniche . This coastal town—set on a peninsula that juts into the Atlant...
It's wrong. It should have never been said. But is it illegal discrimination?
By Jon Hyman
"Old man, you been here longer than I've been alive. Are you ready to retire?" Kenneth Lowe had worked at Walbro for over 40 y...
🚨 You can't ask that: Disability questions in hiring 🚨
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, a commenter noted on LinkedIn that many individuals with disabilities suffer in silence at work because they're afraid to di...
Just because an employee says he has a disability doesn't mean he actually does
By Jon Hyman
The University of Nebraska fired James Trambly, an IT support specialist, for violating university policy by removing a hard drive from a un...
WIRTW #767: the 'cerveja' edition
By Jon Hyman
When part of your business involves providing legal representation to craft breweries , even vacation means finding a beer garden where you ...