WIRTW #134
At the bottom of the page you’ll notice a new feature I’m trying out – a Wibiya toolbar . It adds new functionality to the blog, including a...
What LeBron James teaches us about employee retention
By Jon Hyman
I'm about to make a startling confession -- I could care less if LeBron James signs with the Cavs, Knicks, Bulls, Heat, or becomes the f...
2nd Circuit issues groundbreaking ruling on sales reps and overtime payments
By Jon Hyman
I’ve written a lot in the past about FLSA exemptions, particularly the administrative exemption and the outside sales exemption . Yesterd...
The dark side of discrimination litigation
By Jon Hyman
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a jury awarded a former applicant for a job a Lucasfilm $113,800 in damages on a pregnancy discrim...
WIRTW #133
By Jon Hyman
Jeffrey Hirsch at the Workplace Prof Blog reports that the NLRB has announced its plan to handle some of the nearly 600 cases invalidated b...
6th Circuit weighs in on administrative exhaustion of EEOC charges
By Jon Hyman
Before an employee can file a Title VII lawsuit, the employee must first file a timely administrative charge with the EEOC. As a general rul...
Following up on Thompson v. North American Stainless – the tea leaves of associational retaliation
By Jon Hyman
In response to yesterday’s post on the Supreme Court agreeing to review the issue of associational retaliation , Michael Fox at Jottings by ...
Supreme Court agrees to hear associational retaliation case
By Jon Hyman
On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether Title VII prohibits retaliation against an employee w...
Do you know? Ohio military family leave law takes effect July 2
By Jon Hyman
Beginning this Friday, July 2, 2010, Ohio employers with 50 or more employees will be required to provide leave for employees who are a spou...
The dominos start to fall – some clarity on New Process Steel
By Jon Hyman
On June 17, the Supreme Court held that the NLRB needs at least three members to have the authority to act . At the time, I wrote that with ...
WIRTW #132
By Jon Hyman
Although earlier this week I touched on Rent-A-Center v. Jackson , I did not discuss it in-depth. Thankfully, there are a lot of bloggers ...
What do you do when the boss is accused of harassment?
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, Forbes.com published an article entitled Bosses Behaving Badly . If you want an example of the type of misconduct the art...
Ohio Supreme Court rules that employers do not have to provide pregnant employees greater leave rights than non-pregnant employees
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court handed businesses a huge victory on the issue of pregnancy leave rights. Pataskala Oaks Care Center had ...
DOL permits FMLA leave for gay parents (and others too)
By Jon Hyman
The Internet has been ablaze with news that the Department of Labor would be expanding the rights of gay workers to take FMLA leave to care ...
Do you know? Does mandatory arbitration of employment disputes work?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, in Rent-A-Center v. Jackson [pdf] the U.S. Supreme Court held that the issue of the enforceability of an arbitration agreement ...
Texting does not make you a bad parent
By Jon Hyman
A day late, but here’s a Fathers’ Day message from Louis C.K. (maybe the funniest human being the planet) that explains how texting while sp...
WIRTW #131
By Jon Hyman
Each and every week, there seems to be a breaking story that I just can’t get to, and there’s a half-dozen other bloggers who’ve already sai...
Supreme Court tosses 26 months of NLRB decisions in the rubbish
By Jon Hyman
Today was a busy day at the Supreme Court. In addition to Quon (and three other non-labor and employment cases), it also issued its much an...
Quon v. Arch Wireless: If privacy rights fall in the forest and no one chooses to rule on them…
By Jon Hyman
Quon v. Arch Wireless was one the most anticipated cases before the U.S. Supreme Court for employment attorneys. We hoped that the Court wo...
6th Circuit upholds release of USERRA claim in separation agreement
By Jon Hyman
We employment lawyers love severance agreements. I preach their benefits to my clients for all but the most egregious of for-cause terminati...