Five reasons why I'm against the Healthy Families Act
As most know, the Healthy Families Act paid sick leave mandate guarantees seven days of paid sick leave each year to employees who work at l...
WIRTW #43
By Jon Hyman
A quick thank you to everyone who helped make Monday's Blawg Review #172 a huge success - those who sent in suggested links and those w...
Even California thinks paid sick leave is a bad idea
By Jon Hyman
California is uniformly thought of as the most liberal employment law state. It is often the test ground for new employment laws and theorie...
Stupidest employee ever?
By Jon Hyman
The above video is of a Xenia, Ohio, Burger King employee who not only thought it was a good idea to take a bath in the restaurant's ...
A lesson in how not to handle a pregnant employee
By Jon Hyman
"Being pregnant here - it's like wearing a scarlet letter 'P' on your chest," said Lori Ann DiPalo, 36, the MTA Bridg...
Tell us something we didn't know - court holds that sex is a major life activity
By Jon Hyman
"Disability" is a term of art under the ADA. To be legally "disabled" and entitled to the protections that the ADA provi...
Study suggests trials too risky; are lawyers really to blame?
By Jon Hyman
It is no surprise that nearly 90% of all civil cases settle before they ever get before a jury. The New York Times is reporting on a study ...
Blawg Review #172
By Jon Hyman
In honor of the start of the Beijing Olympics, it would have perhaps made more sense for this week's 172nd edition of Blawg Review to h...
Fired for Smoking
By Jon Hyman
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...