Are Meerkat and Periscope the “next big thing” for employers to worry about?
Have you downloaded Meerkat or Periscope to your iPhone? Do you even know what Meerkat and Periscope are? They are new apps that permit yo...
6th Circuit deals blow to independent contractors
By Jon Hyman
Have you ever had the cable guy show up to your house, only to see the name of some random LLC on the side of his work truck? Many cable com...
WIRTW #361 (the “#RaceTogether” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Have you heard the one about the coffee chain that wants its employees to engage customers about issues of race and racism in America? Here ...
BREAKING: FMLA’s “same-sex spouse” rule on hold, for now
By Jon Hyman
Today, the new rule that would permit FMLA benefits for same-sex spouses was to take effect. However, late yesterday, a federal judge in Te...
I’ll give you one guess where the NLRB is holding its “ambush election” training?
By Jon Hyman
Since I’ve already provided more than 3,000 words of quality labor-and-employment content this week, today’s post will be on the (much) shor...