WIRTW #555 (the “you get a shirt, and you get a shirt…” edition)
I ❤️ that my daughter’s band is now selling its own merch. Here’s what I read this week.
The top 10 wage and hour mistakes businesses keep making
By Jon Hyman
No law causes employers more compliance headaches than the Fair Labor Standards Act. On its face it’s simple—pay employees no less than a...
Does the attorney-client privilege protect harassment investigations conducted by a lawyer?
By Jon Hyman
An employee complaints to HR that her supervisor has been sexually harassing her. The allegations aren’t pretty, and, if the investigation...
What does a valid jury waiver look like?
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this year, the Senate took up the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act . It would, among other things, prohibit employers from ...
WIRTW #554 (the “triumph” edition)
By Jon Hyman
How do we raise our girls to become confident women? It’s a question I think about a lot as a dad to an almost teenage girl. 🙋♀️ We enco...
Defining (and defending) my role as an attorney: more on the employment of registered sex offenders
By Jon Hyman
On Tuesday, I posted something that I did not imagine would be all that controversial, You just found out you hired a sex offender. Now w...
In harassment cases, the context of profanities matters (but only sometimes)
By Jon Hyman
“ Why is everyone suddenly using the C-word ,” asks Stan Carey in The Guardian ? He blames Game of Thrones (video very NSFW—you’ve bee...