Best of 2011: Numbers 4 and 3
4. Charlie Sheen and the National Labor Relations Board CBS fired Charlie Sheen, in part because he made public disparaging comments...
Best of 2011: Numbers 6 and 5
By Jon Hyman
6. EEOC sues for disabled shoplifter You might think that a $1.39 bag of chips, for which the employee later paid, is not a fireable...
Best of 2011: Numbers 8 and 7
By Jon Hyman
8. What does St. Patrick have to do with human resources? Legend tells us that in the 5th century, St. Patrick banished all snakes f...
Best of 2011: Numbers 10 and 9
By Jon Hyman
10. Unstable employees, direct threats, and the ADA Employers faced with a legitimate and potentially dangerous employee need not ...
BREAKING NEWS: NLRB delays employee rights posting requirement until April 30
By Jon Hyman
From the NLRB : The National Labor Relations Board has agreed to postpone the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule a...
WIRTW #206 (the “…and a happy New Year” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Today marks the Blog’s last original post of 2011 (if you count a weekly summary as original content). Next week, I will run the 4th annual ...
The NLRB flexes its rulemaking authority … and business groups flex right back
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the NLRB announced that it had formally adopted a final rule amending its election case procedures. The rule is set to take effe...
A Hanukkah lesson for employers
By Jon Hyman
The story of Hanukkah tells us that in 165 B.C., the Maccabees led a successful revolt against the Greeks, who had invaded Jerusalem and out...
Sometimes it’s not all about the Benjamins: reinstatement in lieu of front pay
By Jon Hyman
James McKelvey, an Army veteran, lost his right hand and suffered other serious injuries trying to defuse a roadside bomb in Iraq. As if his...
Everyone’s a little bit racist?
By Jon Hyman
According to CNN , the Ohio Civil Rights Commission is reviewing the case of a Columbus landlord who has a little problem with African Ameri...
WIRTW #205 (the “11 x 17” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Employers have a mere 6 weeks, until January 31, 2012, to post the National Labor Relations Board’s new employee rights poster. It applies t...
Is spike in religious discrimination claims a reflection of our polarized society?
By Jon Hyman
We are not a tolerant society. We like to think that we are, but in reality, not so much. Instead, we are a polarized society. More and more...
Federal Court pilot program tries to simplify discovery in employment cases
By Jon Hyman
No one enjoys paper discovery. Any practitioner who tells you otherwise is either insane or lying. It’s time-consuming and expensive to gath...
Bullying and at-will employment
By Jon Hyman
David Yamada is a law professor and the director of the New Workplace Institute at Boston’s Suffolk University Law School. He is also the a...
Lawyers, larps*, and lousy heavy metal: a social media lesson
By Jon Hyman
I spend a lot of time writing and speaking about social media and the workplace, a lot of which discussing what I call the Big 3: Facebook, ...
WIRTW #204 (the “Dirty Harry” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Jeff Haden, writing at Inc.com, suggests that you can make an employee’s day with two words . My suggestion: “You’re fired.” Here’s the...
New rules for removing cases to federal court will impact employers
By Jon Hyman
If you are an employer, or an attorney representing employers (and if you’re reading this blog I’d bet dollars to donuts you fall into one o...
Pop quiz: is this sexual harassment?
By Jon Hyman
Readers, it's pop quiz time. Do the following allegations support an allegation of a hostile work environment? The Plaintiff’s manager...
Apple’s social media policy: a lot to like … and one huge thing to hate
By Jon Hyman
How does a hip, cutting-edge company like Apple handle its employees’ use of social media? Apparently, pretty well. 9 to 5 Mac got its hand...
I’m guessing they don’t practice employment law
By Jon Hyman
Wikipedia defines the “casting couch” as “the trading of sexual favors by an aspirant, apprentice employee, or subordinate to a superior, i...