Meet the ChatGPT plaintiff; there are a lot more of them.
Your company's next employment plaintiff might not have a lawyer. But they have ChatGPT, unlimited discovery and motions to draft, and ...
Topic: privacy/technology
Manchester City, one phishing email, and 114 reasons to train your employees
By Jon Hyman
One email. One click. And, nearly a decade later, 114 guilty verdicts. The Manchester City financial scandal started with something far less...
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...
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...
Social-media account redundancy is a MUST HAVE for branded accounts
By Jon Hyman
Ten years. That's how long this group of employees ran their employer’s Instagram account. Built the brand. Engaged the customers. Becam...
PLEASE, do not litigate your cases on social media
By Jon Hyman
"I am going to fight this nonsense to the end of the earth in the hope that it inspires other CEOs to do the same so we shut down this ...
FIFA gets a red card for its missing anti-discrimination stance
By Jon Hyman
FIFA says it has a zero-tolerance policy against racism and discrimination. But during this year's inaugural Club World Cup—in the Unite...
The Stanley Cup of social media screwups
By Jon Hyman
"Eat s--- 51st state anti-semite loser. Israel now and forever. Until every last Hamas rat is eliminated." That's what Doug Ci...
Faith, fetus photos, fired: How Title VII grounded a Southwest termination
By Jon Hyman
"This is what you supported during your Paid Leave with others at the Women's MARCH in DC… You truly are Despicable in so many ways...
Hate is winning, and it sucks
By Jon Hyman
"We are so thankful for the community we built together. And we’re confident that the connections we've made will continue to have ...
This is how NOT to respond to employee complaints
By Jon Hyman
JP Morgan is making waves with its decision to bring employees back to the office five days a week starting in March. But what's making...
The "R-word" is making a comeback
By Jon Hyman
According to Rolling Stone magazine , the "R-word" is making a comeback as part of a hard-right online trend using it to slander t...
5 lessons from a poorly communicated layoff
By Jon Hyman
Imprint Beer Co. offers us a textbook lesson in how not to communicate layoffs to employees. The brewery recently announced mass layoffs and...
Off-duty social media is just as actionable as sexual harassment as on-duty misconduct
By Jon Hyman
"An employer cannot be liable for what an employee posts online while off-the-clock. Personal time is personal time; it's irrelevan...
Just because you only use the n-word on your personal TikTok doesn't mean your employer can't fire you for it.
By Jon Hyman
Until yesterday, I had never heard of a "trad-wife" or of Lilly Gaddis. A trad-wife is a burgeoning trend of women embracing tradi...
If your company just agreed to pay $2 million to settle a horrific sexual harassment lawsuit, maybe don’t trash the plaintiff on social media
By Jon Hyman
If your company just agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging horrific workplace sexual abuse and other sexual harassment, mayb...
The two main reasons why employers shouldn’t retaliate
By Jon Hyman
Social media giant TikTok is in some legal hot water for its alleged mistreatment of its employees. According to NPR , two Black employees a...
If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em.
By Jon Hyman
“Competition is fine, cheating is not.” That’s what Elon Musk tweeted after Twitter’s lawyer’s cease and desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg ...
Can an employer disable online commenting to quell pro-union messaging?
By Jon Hyman
There's a lot going on with the union organizing campaign at Creature Comforts Brewing Company . While the union (known as "BUG...
A eulogy for Heather Armstrong
By Jon Hyman
Heather Armstrong, the "queen of the mommy bloggers" and the author of Dooce.com, is dead from an apparent suicide after a relapse...