Fired for Smoking
Back in April, I brought everyone the story of a German company that fired an employee for not smoking . This morning, the ABA Journal repo...
Blawg Review reminder
By Jon Hyman
Just a quick reminder that I'll be hosting Blawg Review #172 this coming Monday, August 11. If you would like me to consider one of your...
Will the Healthy Families Act prohibit fraud?
By Jon Hyman
A commenter took me to task for yesterday's post , in which I argued that under the proposed Healthy Families Act employees committing f...
Healthy Families Act appears headed to November ballot
By Jon Hyman
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Ohioans for Healthy Families has submitted to the Secretary of State double the number of sign...
Anti-bullying policies are unnecessary
By Jon Hyman
April's decision by the Indiana Supreme Court that upheld a $250,000 verdict in a so-called "workplace bullying" case is caus...
Termination versus reasonable accommodation under the ADA
By Jon Hyman
McNary v. Schreiber Foods, Inc. (8th Cir. 8/1/08) asks the question - if a diabetic employee needs to take a break on the job, but is perc...
Indiana pushing for passage of Healthy Families Act to help its own economy
By Jon Hyman
If need any more reasons to work as hard as possible to help defeat the Ohio Healthy Families Act, check out the following editorial from th...
WIRTW #42
By Jon Hyman
On August 11, I will be hosting Blawg Review . For those who are unfamiliar with it, Blawg Review is a weekly review of the best of the blaw...
Associational Retaliation Revisited
By Jon Hyman
In Thompson v. North Am. Stainless , the 6th Circuit recognized a claim for associational retaliation, holding: "Title VII prohibit[s] ...
All hail dads
By Jon Hyman
Being a new dad myself, the following headline from the National Law Journal caught my eye: More Men Filing Workplace Lawsuits - Lawyers are...
New Wage and Hour Regulations Proposed by Department of Labor
By Jon Hyman
Very quietly and with zero fanfare, the Department of Labor has published proposed new regulation for the Fair Labor Standards Act . The DOL...
Is the glass ceiling self-imposed?
By Jon Hyman
One blogger has theorized that the glass ceiling and the disparity in pay between men and women is self-imposed by women who prioritize moth...
Governor seeks compromise to keep Healthy Families Act off the November ballot
By Jon Hyman
Governor Strickland has spoken out against the Ohio Healthy Families Act as bad for Ohio businesses, but he is not necessarily opposed to to...
WIRTW #41
By Jon Hyman
Another week, another week of excellent employment law posts from around the country for everyone to peruse. The Delaware Employment Law B...
The federal minimum wage rises, but does anyone in Ohio care?
By Jon Hyman
Today, the federal minimum wage increases to $6.55 an hour. This should be bigger news than it is, but in Ohio this increase will have almos...
Don't estop yourself into coverage
By Jon Hyman
Lots of statutes have thresholds that must be met for coverage. For example, the FMLA only applies to employees with at least 1 year of tenu...
EEOC issues new guidance on religious discrimination
By Jon Hyman
This week, the EEOC issued three new publications on religious discrimination: a new chapter in its Compliance Manual , a Q&A, and Best...
Illustrating the dangers of the Healthy Families Act to Ohio
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, a commenter left the following on my earlier post, Deconstructing the Ohio Healthy Families Act : What effect will this have...
Some employees should just sail off into the sunset
By Jon Hyman
Every once in a while, you come across a case that, when you read it, makes you wonder why the employee would ever even consider filing a la...
WIRTW #40
By Jon Hyman
Actually, I'm not reading much this week, but I have pegged a few articles that might be of interest to everyone. First, congratulatio...