Do you know? Adopt the TEAM approach to fight unions
Whether the EFCA will become law, and in what form, is very much up in the air. Democratic support for the measuring is waning, and business...
How to Stay Union-Free in a Union- Friendly World: PowerPoint now available
By Jon Hyman
For those who were unable to attend last week’s Breakfast Briefing, you not only missed a free meal, but you also missed a timely discussion...
WIRTW #79
By Jon Hyman
The newly launched Warren & Hayes Employment Law Blog , written by the Cleveland-based HR consulting company of the same name, discusses...
“Who wants to see a 56-year-old stripper?”
By Jon Hyman
Those were my wife’s words when I told her last night what I’d be writing about today. The EEOC is suing a Houston strip club for firing a 5...
How to recover a stolen computer in four easy steps
By Jon Hyman
Law.com reports that 60% of employees who are laid-off, fired, or quit admit to stealing company data. I previously reported that it cos...
Do you know? Volunteerism under federal wage and hour laws
By Jon Hyman
According to EVliving.com , one employer has come up with a creative idea to combat the current economic downturn. The CEO of Greenleaf Book...
Sleeping on-the-job costs security guard his disability discrimination case
By Jon Hyman
You would think that the ability to awake on one’s watch is an important attribute for a security guard. One security guard working for a Cl...
WIRTW #78
By Jon Hyman
Tomorrow marks the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog’s two-year anniversary. In those two years, I’ve written 604 posts (a number that looks ever mor...
EEOC chimes in on swine flu with guides on how to prepare and remain Title VII/ADA compliant
By Jon Hyman
We’re well into week two of the swine flu, and this story continues to have legs. Now, the EEOC is offering its opinion on how employers can...
Dealing with the AWOL employee: What is “reasonable” employee notice for FMLA leave?
By Jon Hyman
Lots of businesses have zero-tolerance no-call/no-show policies. Under such a policy, if an employee is AWOL from work for a predetermined n...
Do you know? How to handle an EEOC or OCRC charge
By Jon Hyman
It’s no secret that in a down economy, the number of employment-related claims rise. To file a claim under any of the federal employment dis...
Ohio Senate considers compensatory time – a sensible alternative to paid sick leave
By Jon Hyman
As the number of reported swine flu cases approaches 1,000 globally (a staggeringly low 0.00002% of the world’s population), Judith Warner, ...
WIRTW #77
By Jon Hyman
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter again dominates the news this week. His defection to the Democratic Party is the second biggest news stor...
Handling ex-employees’ data
By Jon Hyman
In this morning’s Wall Street Journal , Joseph De Avila features me in an article on how companies handle a laid-off employee’s digital belo...
Swine flu: panic versus preparedness
By Jon Hyman
There is nothing our media likes more than a good panic. So, it is somewhat with a grain of salt that I take a lot of this week’s coverage a...
Do you know? Charging for work uniforms
By Jon Hyman
More and more businesses are looking to cut costs anywhere they can. Many require their employees to wear a certain uniform. Can they pass o...
What’s your five? A question for my readers and fellow bloggers.
By Jon Hyman
As a member of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s Employment Law Committee , I was asked to respond to the following questions: What would you...
WIRTW #76
By Jon Hyman
Courtesy of Anthony Zaller at the California Employment Law Report , the link of the week is How to Nail and Interview . The author of that ...
Employers should be planning for the Employee Free Choice Act
By Jon Hyman
Even the most ardent supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act agree that passage in its current form is unlikely. The Cleveland Plain Dea...
EEOC releases “Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities”
By Jon Hyman
It’s been almost two years since the EEOC released its Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Respo...
Do you know? A company cannot represent itself in an Ohio court
By Jon Hyman
In the April 9 New York Times , Jonathan Glater reported that more and more people are turning to self-representation during the current eco...
Ohio Senate seeks to ban use of credit in employment decisions
By Jon Hyman
There is little doubt that the current economic crisis has caused havoc on a lot of good intentioned people’s credit scores. During the good...
WIRTW #75
By Jon Hyman
The employment law story of the week is courtesy of Overlawyered and OnPoint . The Poplar Bluff, Missouri, library has agreed to pay a form...
Ohio makes significant changes to its mini-COBRA law, effective April 1, 2009
By Jon Hyman
More ink has been spilled about COBRA in the past two months than was written about it in total since its passage in 1985. And, the hits kee...
EEOC settlement highlights red flags for English-only policies
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC announced that it settled a national origin discrimination claim against a California nursing home company for $450,000. The lawsu...
The worst television show ever? FOX to air corporate layoffs
By Jon Hyman
From the network that brought us reality TV gems such as The Littlest Groom , Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire , and My Big, Fat, Obnoxious ...