Craft beer isn’t facing an apocalypse … but the industry is changing
In addition to running the employment & labor practice at Wickens Herzer Panza , I also run our burgeoning craft beer practice . Which ...
Topic: craft beer
Your business is not a charity
By Jon Hyman
Your customers are not your bank. It’s not their job to bail you out from poor business decisions. I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea ...
Is this what the future of union organizing looks like?
By Jon Hyman
Last week, the employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co. voted by a margin of 32-21 to reject the Brewing Union of Georgia as their barg...
Join me tomorrow: Tips on Tips webinar (free)
By Jon Hyman
I spent my Saturday night at 8th Day Brewing Company watching my 17-year-old daughter, Norah, play a killer 3-hour set of music. When we sa...
NLRB opens the tap for a union election at Creature Comforts Brewing Company … but will it matter?
By Jon Hyman
It took more than seven months, but the NLRB has finally directed a union representation election at Creature Comforts Brewing Company. Th...
EEOC busts a quartet of hospitality employers for pervasive sexual harassment
By Jon Hyman
In a press release , the EEOC announced the filing of a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against Las Vegas hospitality employers. [The ...
A few wage and hour thoughts for beer festival season
By Jon Hyman
As the weather warms up around the country and spring quickly transitions to summer, festival season will begin … including my personal favo...
Tip credits, tip pools, and slutty vegans
By Jon Hyman
Bar Vegan in an affiliate of Slutty Vegan, a plant-based restaurant chain that finds itself in the crosshairs of a wage-and-hour collective ...
The craft beer industry has a sexual harassment problem
By Jon Hyman
According to the EEOC, the industry that generates the most sexual harassment reports (at more than 14% of all such claims filed with the ag...
A tip on tipped workers: pay them correctly or else
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor has sued the owner of two restaurants claiming that servers were not properly paid overtime. El Toro Loco Legends ...
Do your business’s philosophy, values, and vision match your mission statement
By Jon Hyman
On this week's episode of The Start A Brewery Podcast , I join hosts Laura Lodge and Candace Moon , along with guests Ren Navarro (the...
Union avoidance vs. union busting
By Jon Hyman
"A company that opposes a union organizing and presents both sides of this complex issue is 'union busting.'" This is what...
Update on Creature Comfort Brewing’s union organizing
By Jon Hyman
Last week I reported that the employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co. formed their own independent labor union, the Brewing Union of Ge...
What does Creature Comfort’s union announcement mean for your craft brewery?
By Jon Hyman
The employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co. recently held a rally to announce their intent to form a labor union. They also announced t...
Employers, for the love of God, please stop banning employees from discussing their wages
By Jon Hyman
I came across the following recent post on the legaladvice subreddit . Work for a brewery. GM and owner … informed everyone that we needed...
Employers, repeat after me: “Tips belong to employees, not employers.”
By Jon Hyman
$1,351,253.34. That's the amount a federal judge has ordered the Empire Diner, its owner, Ihsan Gunaydin, and its manager Engin Gunaydi...
Does craft beer have a labor problem?
By Jon Hyman
Does craft beer have a labor problem? Julie Rhodes , writing at PorchDrinking , sure thinks so. She cites low wages and labor conditions as...
Having a disability is NOT an excuse for mistreating others
By Jon Hyman
I've written before about BrewDog ( here and here ), the multinational Scottish craft brewery accused by hundreds of former employees o...
Explaining the “Golden Age of Union Organizing”
By Jon Hyman
Unions aren't just having a moment, they are having their best moment in at least 50 years. What has caused the "perfect ...
Breaches of confidentiality during internal investigations chill future reports of workplace misconduct
By Jon Hyman
"Nothing you share will be attributed to you and your feedback will remain anonymous." That's what an HR consultant advised em...