Harassment prevention can't stop at the boardroom
Timothy Ryan didn't just harass women at Davis Cartage Co. He used the company's own surveillance cameras to do it — allegedly zoomi...
Topic: harassment
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...
A disability is not a license to harass
By Jon Hyman
Federal disability discrimination laws exist to ensure that people with disabilities are judged on their abilities—not their diagnoses. They...
DEI is not a get-out-of-summary-judgment-free card — but it can become evidence of discrimination
By Jon Hyman
A white man gets fired. His employer has a DEI program. Therefore, the DEI program caused his termination. That argument has become increasi...
When the boss gets involved, the investigation is already in trouble.
By Jon Hyman
Last week, The New York Times published a deeply reported investigation alleging that Donald Trump personally intervened with FIFA Presid...
Why your noncompete agreement could become "Exhibit A" in a discrimination lawsuit.
By Jon Hyman
For years, employers have treated noncompete agreements as just another item in the onboarding paperwork. Hand over the offer letter, the ha...
"We'll look into it" is not a harassment response
By Jon Hyman
An employee says a coworker sexually assaulted her at work. Management says it will take the complaint seriously. HR says it will be involve...
When employers gamble on bad facts, they usually lose
By Jon Hyman
How does a case like this ever get to trial? That was my first thought after reading Griffin v. Copper Cellar Corp . Rose Griffin worked as ...
Voluntary retirement incentives vs. age discrimination
By Jon Hyman
Microsoft just gave corporate America a new playbook for thinning the ranks without ever uttering the words "layoff" or "olde...
A beast of a harassment lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
Jimmy Donaldson, better known as YouTube's biggest star, MrBeast , is calling this lawsuit "clout-chasing," a grab for headli...
Employers can no longer count on private arbitration when sexual harassment is on the docket
By Jon Hyman
Employers love arbitration agreements. They keep disputes private and out of court. Unless, that is, sexual harassment is in the case. An Oh...
Employers can't outsource discrimination to an algorithm
By Jon Hyman
AI is new and shiny. Employment law is not. Mobley v. Workda y proves the point. The court concluded that employers don't get to outsour...
Workplace investigations are hard. Until they’re not.
By Jon Hyman
Workplace investigations are hard. Witnesses forget. Memories conflict. Motives get murky. HR is left piecing together timelines, credibilit...
Union activity Is not a license to be abusive at work
By Jon Hyman
Let's get something straight right out of the gate: employees have the right to organize. They also have the right to complain about wor...
If you can't force older employees to retire, how do you succession plan?
By Jon Hyman
Employers face a legitimate—and growing—problem: if older employees aren't retiring on schedule (or at all), how do you plan for leaders...
Mangement discussion of an older worker's "retirement" as age discrimination
By Jon Hyman
"When are you retiring?" That's not an employer's call to make. Here's a rule that employers still manage to forget or...
Clarity beats chaos: Why rescinding the EEOC’s harassment guidance is a mistake
By Jon Hyman
Today at 10 a.m., the EEOC is scheduled to vote on whether to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace . If the...
The law is clear: protect your employees, not a problem customer
By Jon Hyman
He's a regular. Spends money. Knows the beer list. The kind of customer small breweries are told they can't afford to lose. But the ...
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. ...
Leadership always starts at the top
By Jon Hyman
"Quiet, Piggy." That's what Donald Trump said to a female reporter over the weekend aboard Air Force One in response to a qu...