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Archive: August 2026
WIRTW #808 (the 'document, document, document' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week I appeared on a webinar hosted by SelectSoftware Reviews and sponsored by Insperity , on protecting your business throug...
Why employers shouldn't mine employees' social media accounts
By Jon Hyman
A federal judge just told Southwest Airlines what it can't look at on Facebook. The court entered a permanent injunction barring Southwe...
This is why DEI matters
By Jon Hyman
"Do not touch my new driver." That's the tagline from a misogynistic ad that Good Good Golf and Callaway Golf posted — and the...
When 'performance problems' are actually a disability
By Jon Hyman
Brian Lee says his employer relabeled his ADHD symptoms as "performance deficiencies" and terminated him a result. The employer, R...
WIRTW #807 (the 'one cent' edition)
By Jon Hyman
" A fter 9/15/26, The Columbia House will no longer be accepting new orders." So reads the banner atop the mail-order retailer...
You are what you post
By Jon Hyman
"I guess ... to a certain point, I've abused that freedom." That's N.A. Poe, a Philadelphia sandwich shop owner, reflectin...
Yes, it's your laptop. No, you shouldn't necessarily sue to get it back.
By Jon Hyman
Your former employee sues you for discrimination and retaliation. You respond by … suing her over a laptop. That's the latest wrinkle in...
Horrible bosses aren't necessarily discriminatory bosses
By Jon Hyman
We've all had that boss… The one who's rude. Abrasive. Intimidating. The one who turns every interaction into a stress test. But bei...
When your AI meeting assistant becomes your worst witness
By Jon Hyman
"[H]opefully a relatively strapping young man." That's how one manager allegedly described the "ideal person" to rep...
WIRTW #806 (the 'gen z' edition)
By Jon Hyman
This is everything wrong with Gen Z in one viral video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BuzzFeed Studios (@...
If you don’t know about prompt injection yet, you need to
By Jon Hyman
A job applicant recently posted on Reddit that after months of getting nowhere, he tried something different: he buried instructions to AI i...
Your hourly employee's second job is probably none of your business
By Jon Hyman
You can't refuse to pay for someone's time and simultaneously insist that you own it. A group of more than 26,000 Costco employees a...
Feeling discriminated against is not the same as being discriminated against
By Jon Hyman
An employee believes her boss treats her differently because of her race. She thinks she was intentionally excluded from a company photo bec...
A labor union retaliated against its own union employee. The irony writes itself.
By Jon Hyman
"Do as I say, not as I do." That may as well have been the management philosophy at United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7. ...
1 racial slur + 2 disciplinary actions = 0 Title-VII liability.
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC swung for the fences in a hostile work environment case against Sun Chemical Corp. It argued that the company should be liable not...
Hidden cameras, horrific conduct, and a critical Legal Distinction: Employers aren't automatically liable for every workplace bad act
By Jon Hyman
The allegations against a former engineering executive at The Pokémon Company International are horrifying. According to a newly filed class...
Temporary accommodations don't rewrite the job description
By Jon Hyman
One of the more persistent myths in ADA litigation that if an employer temporarily accommodates an employee in a certain way, it has forever...
Can you fire an employee for criticizing your DEI program on LinkedIn?
By Jon Hyman
"The company has allowed outright hate to proliferate." That's one of the statements that got John Richardson fired. Richardso...