WIRTW #127
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court was the top legal story of the week. Here’s a snippet of the blogosphere’s commentary o...
Presenting: The Top 5 Issues Confronting Your HR Practices
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, KJK's Labor & Employment Group presented our first Breakfast Briefing of the year, The Top 5 Issues Confronting Your HR P...
Battle of the accommodations
By Jon Hyman
Almost a month ago, I wrote about how businesses should go about opening their doors to employees’ pets . At the time, I flagged potential A...
Do you know? Are your employees getting Unvarnished?
By Jon Hyman
What is Unvarnished ? It’s a website (currently in private beta) that you should be very concerned about. TechCrunch describes it as a webs...
Does the punishment fit the crime in your workplace?
By Jon Hyman
Last week, this happened at a Philadelphia Phillies game: A fan ran onto the field, and was promptly tasered by the police. “What d...
WIRTW #126
By Jon Hyman
Believe it or not, Sunday is the three year anniversary of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog. Need proof? Here’s a link to my very first post, M...
Caregiver discrimination, three years later
By Jon Hyman
It’s been nearly three years since the EEOC published its Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving R...
Common sense interview questions
By Jon Hyman
Most businesses know that there are certain topics that simply are off limits during job interviews. Questions about race, sex, age, religio...
Do you know? DOL to require “compliance plans”
By Jon Hyman
Now we know what the Department of Labor plans to do with the 250 new investigators it recently hired . They are going to sifting through ma...
Your business is behind the 8-ball if you don’t have an email policy
By Jon Hyman
Here’s some sobering stats on employees’ personal use of corporate email, courtesy of the Ruth Mantell at the Wall Street Journal : 71%...
Of course racism is wrong, but at least it gives me job security
By Jon Hyman
It amazes me that people could still think mocking a black co-worker with a life-sized robotic chimpanzee is funny. Yet, as I come across st...
WIRTW #125
By Jon Hyman
This week brought three big stories that I just have not had time to cover. Thankfully, my fellow L&E bloggers are here to pick up the s...
Do your employees really know what they are signing? Enforcing waivers of judicial rights
By Jon Hyman
In 2004, in Thurman v. DaimlerChrysler , the 6th Circuit upheld an employers right to contractually limit an employee’s timeframe to file a ...
Tweeting away your job
By Jon Hyman
Before yesterday, former major league pitcher was likely most famous for giving up Barry Bonds 756th homer. This morning, he is perhaps more...
Do you know? Paying overtime to salaried, non-exempt employees
By Jon Hyman
In my never-ending quest to show you how many different ways you can screw up paying your employees under the federal wage and hour laws, to...
Wage and Hour audits are not without their risks (but are still necessary)
By Jon Hyman
I’ve long preached the benefits of proactive wage and hour audits. In fact, in the nearly three years I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve writ...
WIRTW #124
By Jon Hyman
This week brought us two huge employment law stories, one of which I covered this week and one which I’ve covered in the past. On Monday, ...
Today is “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” Day
By Jon Hyman
I’ve brought my daughter to work before, but at not yet 4 years old, an entire day in the office might be a little much for her (and me). So...
The DOL confirms that it has its eye on unpaid internships
By Jon Hyman
Two weeks ago I reported that the Department of Labor was going to start cracking down on for-profit employers that use the services of unpa...
The Return of the Cat’s Paw
By Jon Hyman
No, this is not a review of a 70’s B movie. The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case concerning the “cat’s paw” theory of discriminatio...
Announcing KJK’s next Breakfast Briefing: The Top 5 Issues Confronting Your Business’s HR Practices Today
By Jon Hyman
Top 10 lists are so 2009. KJK’s employment lawyers will bring you the top 5 issues currently facing your business and its HR practices as w...
Do you know? Overtime for non-exempt commissioned employees
By Jon Hyman
Only a small subset of commissioned employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime provisions. For the majority of employ...
When should you get an attorney involved with a problem employee? As soon as possible.
By Jon Hyman
A few weeks ago I wrote about what employers need to know about EEOC investigations . I suggested that employers get attorneys involved “as ...
WIRTW #123
By Jon Hyman
It’s impossible to cover every labor & employment story that hits every week. The most interesting news of the week that I did not yet h...
Pets in the workplace: assessing the risks and drafting a policy
By Jon Hyman
Sarah’s Needleman’s Small-Business Boss column in today’s Wall Street Journal discusses pet-friendly workplaces. I spoke with Sarah earlier...
Reasonable accommodations for an employee’s inability to commute to work
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following story. An employee with a history of eye problems (glaucoma and partial blindness) presents a doctor’s note recommend...