Butt painter's lawsuit to go to trial
Does anyone remember Stephen Murmer? He was the Virginia high school art teacher suing his former employer over his termination after schoo...
Supreme Court to hear argument on racial retaliation under Section 1981
By Jon Hyman
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries , which asks whether an employee bringing a claim fo...
Some folks call it a jury verdict, I call it a lot of money
By Jon Hyman
A federal jury in Forth Worth, Texas, has answered the age old question: How much is it worth if a female employee receives depraved and vio...
What else I'm reading this week #18
By Jon Hyman
It's been a very busy week, and as usual, I'm here to bring you the best the employment law and HR blogosphere (or blawgosphere, if ...
When office romances go bad
By Jon Hyman
I've previously given some guidance for companies on dealing with office romances . This week's Business Week Magazine covers the ...
EEOC targets use of arrest and conviction records
By Jon Hyman
Last year, the EEOC launched it E-RACE Initiative . E-RACE stands for Eradicating Racism And Colorism from Employment. According to the EEOC...
Penny-wise, pound-foolish employment practices
By Jon Hyman
Rush Nigut of Rush on Business shares some words on wisdom for businesses on doing things right on the front end versus paying a lot more ...
DOL publishes proposed new FMLA regulations
By Jon Hyman
Weighing in at an astounding 477 pages, the Department of Labor has published its proposed new FMLA regulations. According to the DOL , thes...
Retaliation decision underscores importance of termination discussions
By Jon Hyman
A couple of weeks ago, the 6th Circuit held that where an adverse employment action occurs very close in time after an employer learns of a ...
What else I'm reading this week #17
By Jon Hyman
I'm coming out this week smokin' -- or at least with a pair of posts about smoking. John Phillips' Word on Employment Law discu...
Blawgosphere criticizes workplace bullying laws
By Jon Hyman
Since I blogged last week on workplace bullying (see Bullying boss justifies unemployment award ), there has been a flurry of activity in th...
Ohio Supreme Court holds that retained memory can constitute a trade secret
By Jon Hyman
It has long been thought that under Ohio's trade secret statute, R.C. 1333.61 , that which an employee holds in retained memory does no...
Carnival of HR #26 is available
By Jon Hyman
This post comes to you from the Holiday Inn Express in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Three Star Leadership Blog has posted the 26th Carnival of HR. It i...
Don't confuse "family status" for "family responsibility discrimination"
By Jon Hyman
I've blogged a lot on " family responsibility discrimination ," which is discrimination against parents or caregivers because ...
Appeals court allows ex-employee's retaliation caim to proceed based on the filing of a lawsuit against an employer
By Jon Hyman
Retaliation cases continue to be one of the hot button employment law issues. This term, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear three separate...
The importance of confidential settlement agreements
By Jon Hyman
Kathleen Peratis at the Jewish Daily Forward is proposing the passage of legislation to prohibit settlement agreements in employment discri...
Bullying boss justifies unemployment award
By Jon Hyman
It has long been accepted that our discriminations laws do not set forth "a general civility code for the American workplace." ( ...
What else I'm reading this week #16
By Jon Hyman
Last week, I gave everyone my thoughts on IBM's reaction to its $65 million wage and hour settlement ( An expectational argument for ove...
6th Circuit holds that temporal proximity alone is sufficient to show a causal nexus in retaliation cases
By Jon Hyman
It has been generally understood that in retaliation cases, temporal proximity alone does not establish the required causal connection betwe...
Taking a look at bereavement leave policies
By Jon Hyman
According to a 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, 69% of private workers receive paid funeral leave. Yet, MSNBC.com is questioning whe...