WIRTW #157 (the naughty or nice edition)
Peter the Elf graces our home every year between Thanksgiving night and Christmas Eve. He’s my family’s Elf on the Shelf . If you don’t h...
University of Minnesota sidesteps minimum wage violations for “volunteer” employees
By Jon Hyman
Have you seen the amazing video of the roof the Metrodome collapsing last weekend? In need of a temporary home to host this Monday night...
6th Circuit recognizes reasonable expectation of privacy in commercially-stored emails
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this year, in Quon v. Arch Wireless , the Supreme Court dodged the question of whether one has a reasonable expectation of privacy i...
Do you know? ABA/DOL’s Bridge to Justice (or, Bridge Over Troubled Referrals)
By Jon Hyman
A couple of weeks ago, the American Bar Association and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced an unprecedented collabor...
Prepare for the long hard winter and update your severe weather policy
By Jon Hyman
Today is Cleveland's second big snowstorm in less than a week. I, along with myriad other workers around the greater Cleveland area, ar...
WIRTW #156 (the Guantánamo edition)
By Jon Hyman
The story of the week is courtesy of the legal humor blog (and fellow ABA Blawg 100 honoree —don’t forget to vote) Lowering the Bar , which ...
6th Circuit places burden on a disabled employee to propose a reasonable accommodation
By Jon Hyman
Despite the breadth of the 2009 amendments to Americans with Disabilities Act , not all disabled employees receive the benefit of the Act’s ...
Does Justice Alito read my blog? Dissecting the oral argument in Thompson v. North Am. Stainless
By Jon Hyman
Thompson v. North Am. Stainless is near and dear to my heart. This post marks the 8th I’ve written covering this important 6th Circuit reta...
Do you know? Wrongful terminations for attorney consultations
By Jon Hyman
Because Ohio employees working without a contract are at-will, an employer does not need a reason—good, bad, or otherwise—for termination. Y...
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
By Jon Hyman
This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of the class certification of the largest employment discrimination lawsuit ever f...
Ohio democrats look to go down swinging
By Jon Hyman
In boxing its called a puncher’s chance. As long as you’re on your feet, you always have a chance to knock out the other guy. You might get ...
WIRTW #155 (the two-drink-maximum edition)
By Jon Hyman
I was not the only one this week commenting on the legal risks of office holiday parties : The Office Holiday Party - Alcohol-Indu...
A few thoughts on background checks
By Jon Hyman
The New York Times ’s You’re the Boss blog ran a piece yesterday discussing background checks of prospective employees . It focuses on a cas...
Have we reached the end of civility?
By Jon Hyman
A recent column in the New York Times had an interesting take about the decreased level of civility in our society and its effect on the wo...
Do you know? EEOC reports record charge filings for 2010
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC recently published its fiscal year 2010 FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report . Given the state of the economy, its findin...
Announcing the ABA Blawg 100 – and a shameless request for your vote
By Jon Hyman
Today, the ABA Journal announced that it has selected the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog as one of the top 100 legal blogs for 2010 . I am truly ...
7 tips for a safe workplace holiday party
By Jon Hyman
I spent my collegiate summers earning money working in a warehouse in Philadelphia. It was an employment lawyer’s dream. One employee though...
WIRTW #154 (the thankful edition)
By Jon Hyman
In her preschool class last week, my daughter had to share what she was thankful for. Her classmates gave the standard responses—parents, gr...
Do you know? The voluntariness of release agreements
By Jon Hyman
The facts that led to the severance agreement in Gascho v. Scheurer Hosp. (6th Cir. 11/19/10) [pdf] are what make employment law an intere...
EEOC poised to explore plight of older workers in current economy
By Jon Hyman
Last Wednesday, the EEOC heard testimony that age discrimination is causing older workers to have a difficult time maintaining and finding ...