'Twas the Employment Law Night Before Christmas (2025 edition)
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I present the holiday classic, 'Twas the Employment Law Night Befo...
Archive: December 2025
WIRTW #784: the 'white male' edition
By Jon Hyman
Something has gone sideways when the Chair of the EEOC is publicly urging white men to file discrimination charges. Yes, I said it that blun...
"We can't do that" is not an ADA interactive process. Or is it?
By Jon Hyman
The 6th Circuit just handed employers a clear win in Bowles v. Chicken Salad Chick. The court held that a fast-casual restaurant did not hav...
The Worst Employer of 2025 is… 🥁
By Jon Hyman
After a year of collecting 12 nominees and then letting you all decide from the final seven via ranked-choice voting, we didn't even nee...
Five things to consider in a difficult termination
By Jon Hyman
Today is your final day to VOTE for the Worst Employer of 2025 One of my recurring professional nightmares is advising a client on a termin...
WIRTW #783: the 'Christmas movies' edition
By Jon Hyman
What are the best Christmas movies of all time? It's a debate as old as Christmas movies themselves. (And yes, this is absolutely the ki...
What does a font have to do with an employer's values? Apparently, a lot.
By Jon Hyman
The State Department just ordered diplomats to ditch Calibri and return to Times New Roman as the required typeface in all official communi...
🚨 Vote for the Worst Employer of 2025 🚨
By Jon Hyman
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I've made my list, checked it twice, and now it's time to determine who's been the...
Jury tags SHRM for $11.5 million in discrimination lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
$11.5 million! That's the number a jury needed to send a very loud, very clear message to the Society for Human Resource Management — th...
WIRTW #782: the 'lights' edition
By Jon Hyman
I've always loved Christmas lights. Maybe it’s because, growing up Jewish, we never decked out our house each December with strings of t...
Independent contractors and noncompete agreements do not mix
By Jon Hyman
I've always believed that noncompetes and "independent contractor" status don't mix. Now I have an appellate opinion to ba...
The most puzzling HR litigation strategy you’ll read this week
By Jon Hyman
Every so often a litigation strategy comes along that just makes you stare at the screen, shake your head, and think, "Did a lawyer rea...
The 12th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Corpse Killer
By Jon Hyman
Some stories hit you like a punch to the gut. This one is a full-on knockout. The House Ways and Means Committee just dropped a bombshell on...
If you aim to hit the legal floor, your workplace will always miss the mark
By Jon Hyman
If your defense to a harassment complaint starts with "well, technically…" you've already lost — even if you win the lawsuit. ...