In responding to harassment complaint, prompt means prompt
In Bailey v. USF Holland , the 6th Circuit had occasion to examine whether the employer's response to two African-American employees...
What I'm reading this week #31
By Jon Hyman
In my absence last week, I completely missed my blogiversary. It's been a little over a year now since I launched the Ohio Employer'...
Do your policies cover electronic message boards
By Jon Hyman
The National Law Journal reports that "message boards in the workplace could be a troublesome new source of liability for employers....
Is mommy bias real?
By Jon Hyman
The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that "anti-mommy bias persists. There's an assumption that once a woman becomes a mother, she won...
Carnival of HR is available
By Jon Hyman
The Career Encouragement Blog has posted this week's Carnival of HR. Please take a few minutes out of your day to peruse the best of th...
Cat fight on aisle 6: court leaves open the possibility that a handbook can create a contract
By Jon Hyman
In White v. Fabiniak , Wal-Mart fired Carla White for threatening to "slap the piss" out of a co-worker, Stephanie Jeppe. Prior to...
Overtime not required for time not actually worked
By Jon Hyman
One article that caught my eye last week while I was out was a piece by Tracy Coenen, on her Fraud Files Blog , about a scam that was uncove...
What else I'm reading this week #30
By Jon Hyman
After an exciting week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I have returned. I hope everyone enjoyed some of the hits from the archives I ran last week in my...
Best of -- Lessons from Childrens' Lit
By Jon Hyman
"Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. " So starts Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type , one of my soon to be two year o...
Best of -- Use a wage and hour audit to proactively head off claims
By Jon Hyman
" Wage Wars: Workers are Winning Huge Overtime Lawsuits ," graces the cover of this week's BusinessWeek magazine. It should...
Best of -- Document, document, document
By Jon Hyman
As the record reflects, there was a myriad of problems with Plaintiff's job performance and treatment of his subordinates that justified...
Best of -- A Whopper of a Sex Harassment Claim
By Jon Hyman
One of the surest ways for a company to guard against harassment lawsuits is to have in place a reasonable mechanism by which a victim of ha...
Best of -- Sixth Circuit confirms that it will not second-guess an employer's honest belief
By Jon Hyman
The following two Sixth Circuit decisions make it clear that pretext for discrimination or retaliation does not exist if the employer engage...
The softer side of employment law
By Jon Hyman
Ellis v. United Parcel Service , decided this week by the 7th Circuit, is legally interesting in its dealing with the issues of interracial ...
Lawsuit illustrates potential problems with employee testing
By Jon Hyman
Today's Jackson (Tennessee) Sun is reporting that Kilgore Flares Co., a Tennessee defense weaponry manufacturer, has been hit with a cl...
What else I'm reading this week #29
By Jon Hyman
Just a quick heads-up for everyone that I will be taking next week off from regular blogging while I'm out of town in depositions. In my...
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act clears Congress
By Jon Hyman
In news that surprises no one but is nonetheless significant, the House has passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) by a...
Further reflections on Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide
By Jon Hyman
I've been thinking a lot about the Reeves case , because something about it just hasn't been sitting right with me. I think I'v...
Everyone celebrate RSS Awareness Day
By Jon Hyman
Today is May 1, which only means one thing -- it's RSS Awareness Day. For those of you who already subscribe to my feed, feel free to ig...
Is exposure to generalized offensive comments enought to create a hostile environment?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, we examined Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide in discussing whether an employer has an obligation to ban the use of radios in th...