Man City's 35 counts, and why the cover-up is always worse than the crime
There are 35 things your workplace does not want to have in common with the Premier League's investigation of Manchester City. That'...
Archive: September 2026
Harassment prevention can't stop at the boardroom
By Jon Hyman
Timothy Ryan didn't just harass women at Davis Cartage Co. He used the company's own surveillance cameras to do it — allegedly zoomi...
WIRTW #811 (the 'uni' edition)
By Jon Hyman
What's the last thing you wanted more than anything else in the world? Not a promotion. Not a raise. Not even a Guardians World Series p...
Can HR listen in on an employee's doctor's appointment?
By Jon Hyman
An employee on short-term disability is ready to come back. HR tells them they need a release from the doctor who took them off work. Fair e...
Catching the thief red-handed isn't enough to win a trade secrets case
By Jon Hyman
You can prove trade secrets theft cold and still lose the injunction. That's the lesson from the 6th Circuit's recent decision in UE...
Your shift supervisors can't have it both ways with tipped wages
By Jon Hyman
Bartending doesn't launder a manager's cut of the tip pool. That's the entire lesson of a recent Department of Labor Opinion Let...
Three commutes; zero compensation
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor just answered a question a lot of employers have been wondering about: if an employee splits her day between home a...
WIRTW #810 (the 'Aix's and Eau's' edition)
By Jon Hyman
For those who are unfamiliar with my podcasting side hustle, for the past five years I've co-hosted a show with my daughter, Norah. We j...
6 tips to stop a thief within your business
By Jon Hyman
Most employers worry about the thief outside the building. Yet, if someone's stealing from you it's probably an employee inside it. ...
The two-day mistake that sent retaliation claim to trial
By Jon Hyman
Two days. That's the entire gap between John Shoemaker asking McKesson Corp. for FMLA leave and McKesson telling him he was fired. A fe...
Big firm ability. Small firm agility.
By Jon Hyman
Big firm ability. Small firm agility. That's Wickens Herzer Panza in six words. Chambers just backed it up three times over. Wickens He...
Reprehensible conduct, forgettable price tag
By Jon Hyman
"What may be awesome punishment for an impecunious individual defendant may be wholly insufficient to influence the behavior of a prosp...
The fist inside the velvet glove
By Jon Hyman
"The inherent danger in well-timed increases in benefits is the suggestion of a fist inside the velvet glove." That's the 5th ...
Mathing the overtime calculation for bonuses and incentive comp
By Jon Hyman
Boeing built its overtime checks on base hourly rate alone. Nothing else. Not the bonus. Not the incentive pay. Just the base rate, run thro...
WIRTW #809 (the 'senioritis' edition)
By Jon Hyman
My son is a high school senior. His school has a tradition called the Senior Corner — a spot in the Upper School commons, television include...
Pay attention to personal liability for FLSA violations
By Jon Hyman
Business owners, officers, and managers, this is why you need to pay attention to wage and hour issues. Tow truck driver Marquis Mariscal s...
The EEOC has lost the plot
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC has lost right to claim that it's for "equal employment opportunity." The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission exi...
The 8th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Passport Pilferer
By Jon Hyman
An agricultural labor contractor recruited five Guatemalan farmworkers under the H-2A visa program, charged them an illegal $2,500 annual fe...