Cyclist fired for flipping off Presidential motorcade sues former employer
You may recall Juli Briskman , the biker that flipped the finger to Trump’s passing motorcade, and lost her job after a photo she posted wen...
WIRTW #500 (the “500th” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Alexas_Fotos , via Pixabay October 12, 2007. I posted my first ever edition of WIRTW (What I Read This Week) . It looked a litt...
In the era of #metoo, let’s not lose focus on the “me”s other than sex
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Luke Braswell on Unsplash We’ve all done a lot of talking over the past six months about sexual harassment. We should not forg...
Does your company need an Affirmative Action Plan?
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels Compliance is a tricky beast, especially when you don’t know what laws your organization is su...
Supreme Court puts the breaks on the narrow constructions of FLSA exemptions
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Coolcaesar (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that automobile ser...
The 6th nominee for the “worst employer of 2018” is … the sadistic sergeant
By Jon Hyman
Thomas Schiermeyer was already a recruit for the Seaside Park, New Jersey, Police Department, when he applied to the Police Academy for a...
Don’t sleep on verifying reasonable accommodations
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash George Hirmiz, a front-desk clerk at a Travelodge Hotel, was caught on video sleeping in the hotel l...
What does it mean to have “work/life balance”?
By Jon Hyman
What’s your definition of “work/life balance”? To me, work/life balance means that I have the flexibility to tend to the needs of fami...
Let’s all try to remember to have gender-neutral employment policies
By Jon Hyman
Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Former New Orleans Saints cheerleader Bailey Davis has filed a complaint with the EEOC accusing her form...
OSHA resources to protect healthcare workers
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Natanael Melchor on Unsplash You might think that construction workers or manufacturing employees have the highest rate of wor...
WIRTW #499 (the “boarding house” edition)
By Jon Hyman
The first time I ever heard of Jack White was August 10, 2001. I read about this up and coming band playing at the Beachland Ballroom . It ...
Ohio Chamber of Commerce takes the lead on fighting addiction at work with launch of its Employer Opioid Toolkit
By Jon Hyman
Nearly 50,000 Americans lost their lives to opioid-related overdoses in 2016. Compare that figure to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which recorde...
How can you transition older workers if you can’t force them to retire?
By Jon Hyman
A Michigan oral surgery practice has agreed to pay $47,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC . The agency alleged ...
I’m lovin’ it: McDonald’s settles joint employer case with NLRB
By Jon Hyman
It has been nearly four years since the NLRB filed complaints against McDonald’s, seeking to hold it liable as a joint employer for the u...
The 5th nominee for the “worst employer of 2018” is … the pension preventer
By Jon Hyman
ERISA section 510 provides: It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against...
WIRTW #498 (the “blarney” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Khara Woods on Unsplash Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. Have you ever thought about what the Patron Saint of Ireland can teach...
Harassment training is about creating a culture, not checking a box
By Jon Hyman
Bloomberg reports that demand for anti-harassment training videos has surged in the #MeToo era. Here’s the problem, however. The Bloo...
How your problem employee is like an old hot water tank
By Jon Hyman
Last night, my hot water tank died. It was old (14, to be exact). During his shower, I heard Donovan yell, “Dad, there’s no hot water, a...
Tattoos at work: more acceptance, yet still some legal risk
By Jon Hyman
By ABC TV [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons I am not a tattoo person. Yet, a whole lot of people are. And the numbers are increas...
Department of Labor trying to get employees PAID for inadvertent FLSA violations
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash For almost as long as I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve been preaching the proactive benefits of...