Equal opportunity harassment is not unlawful sexual harassment
For harassment to qualify as sexual harassment it must be because of sex. That means that the complained-of misconduct is of a sexual natur...
Are you checking in on your “sick” employees? Maybe you should be (or not)
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent survey by careerbuilder.com , 29% of employees admit to playing hooky from work, taking “sick” days when they were rea...
Substances abusers continue to confound employers
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a job applicant who lost his position after a pre-employment drug screen reveal...
The NLRB does not troll for cases, but…
By Jon Hyman
During my NPR appearance from a couple of weeks ago , NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon made an interesting comment about his agency: “We do...
New movie asks this question about workplace social media: “Have I Shared Too Much?”
By Jon Hyman
If you are asking questions in job interviews about candidates social media activities, I bet it’s not like what happened in a short movie t...