Coronavirus Update 9-30-2020: Covid, hazard pay, and overtime
Wage and hour compliance is complicated enough for employers. Layer a pandemic on top of wage and hour compliance, and you have an absolute ...
Coronavirus Update 9-29-2020: The 9th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the covid denier
By Jon Hyman
The human resources manager for a New Hampshire company is suing her former employer after she sent an email about COVID-19 to employees and...
What one debate question would you ask each candidate?
By Jon Hyman
Tomorrow night, a mere 16 miles from my home, President Trump and Vice President Biden will step in front of the cameras to make their respe...
Coronavirus Update 9-25-2020: The show must go on
By Jon Hyman
This year has been challenging for everyone. COVID-19 has forced everyone to be innovative with everything. Case in point, high school theat...
Coronavirus Update 9-24-2020: Comorbidities, Covid-19, and your employees
By Jon Hyman
Let's talk about comorbidities . A comorbidity is the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient. In the c...
DOL publishes proposed regulations that would make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule amending its regulations on how to determine whether a worker is an emplo...
“Religious freedom” ≠ freedom to discriminate (but sometimes it must be accommodated anyway)
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC has sued an Arkansas Kroger after it fired two of its employees for allegedly objecting to its new dress code that required employe...