Sexual-orientation discrimination ban to become law
My apologies if the headline baited you in, but today is April Fools’ Day, and, no, neither Congress nor Ohio’s legislature is close to amen...
What Ben Franklin teaches us about employment law (the #SCOTUS edition)
By Jon Hyman
Some people head to the beach for Spring Break. I head to Philadelphia. An extended school break for my kids provides a good opportunity to ...
WIRTW #313 (the “March madness” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday , I shared my thoughts on the NLRB’s historic (yet preliminary) ruling on scholarship student athletes as employees. I argued that...
The wage-and-hour implications of the NLRB’s Northwestern football player ruling
By Jon Hyman
By now you’ve likely heard that yesterday a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Northwestern University’s sc...
"Motorboating" = $567K harassment verdict
By Jon Hyman
A Galveston, Texas, jury has awarded $567,000 in damages to a former deputy constable who claimed sexual harassment by his former boss. The...
Please, please, please … be careful what you email
By Jon Hyman
Darren Wyss claims that his former employer, Compact Industries, demoted him on the basis of his gender and replaced him with a female. Wyss...
It's still illegal not to hire someone because they have HIV
By Jon Hyman
Twenty years ago, Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Andrew Beckett, a man with AIDS fired by his law firm because of h...
WIRTW #312 (the “overtime” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week , I reported on the White House call for the Department of Labor to “fix” the overtime regulations for exempt employees. H...
What a slick union-avoidance campaign looks like
By Jon Hyman
If you’re a $72 billion company that happens to be staunchly anti-union, and money is no object in the education of your employees about how...
Lactation at work requires reasonableness on both sides
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Joelk75, via Flickr, cc Both of my children were formula-fed. It wasn’t for lack of lactation effort. We (or, more accurately, ...
Examining the low standard for adverse actions in retaliation claims
By Jon Hyman
Mark Laster worked as a Public Safety Officer/Emergency Officer for the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety for more than 23 years. After ...
A call for the DOL to fix what is wrong with our wage-and-hour laws
By Jon Hyman
Last week, President Obama called upon the Secretary of Labor to “modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations.” According to ...
WIRTW #311 (the “bossy” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg launched BanBossy.com . She believes that “bossy” is to aspiring female leaders as the n-word...
EEOC holds public meeting on social media in the workplace #socialEEOC
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the EEOC held a public meeting on the use of social media in the workplace, and its impact on the enforcement of equal employmen...
Don't Bieber your deposition
By Jon Hyman
Three years ago, I wrote a post entitled, 10 tips for preparing for your deposition , in which I offered some ideas for how to best prepare ...
EEOC issues new guidance on religious dress and grooming in the workplace
By Jon Hyman
Law.com , one of the best websites for legal information, recently relaunched. Its relaunch features posts by well-known bloggers, including...
Gender equality is dead; long live gender equality!
By Jon Hyman
http://flic.kr/p/dLGTi8 I rarely write about active cases I’m handling. In fact, I can only think of one other time that I was mad enou...
WIRTW #310 (the “suck it” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Have you heard the one about the daughter who posted on her Facebook page about her dad’s age discrimination settlement with his old company...
Read this post before you access your employee’s social media accounts
By Jon Hyman
Susan Fredman Design Group employed Jill Maremont as its Director of Marketing, Public Relations, and E-Commerce. In that capacity, she used...
Following doctor’s orders helps employer win ADA case
By Jon Hyman
Cynthia Horn worked for Knight Facilities Management as a janitor. Sometime in 2010, she developed a sensitivity to cleaning chemicals. Her ...
When are preliminary and postliminary compensable? Supremes to let us know (maybe).
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Busk v. Integrity Staffing Solutions , to answer the following question (via SCOTUSblog ): Whe...
NLRB looks to expand reach with latest enforcement priorities
By Jon Hyman
Late last month, the new NLRB General Counsel, Richard Griffin, published a memo ( GC 14-01 ) outlining the matters that the Regions must su...
WIRTW #309 (the “Hello, and welcome to Moviefone” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Before there was Google or Fandango, there was Moviefone . Growing up, if we wanted to go to the movies, we didn’t have the luxury of iPhone...
Has social media created too much workplace transparency?
By Jon Hyman
I have two confessions to make: 1) I don’t read much anymore, at least not for pleasure. 2) I can’t do work on airplanes. “How are these...
Why we put plaintiffs to their proof
By Jon Hyman
Because of the relative newness of the issue, it always seems newsworthy when the NLRB issues a social-media decision. World Color (USA) Cor...
Mind your internal emails to avoid discrimination issues
By Jon Hyman
Shazor v. Professional Transit Mgmt., Inc. (6th Cir. 2/19/14) , interests me for two reasons. First, it discusses and applies a “sex-plus” ...