I choose kindness
In a world that has decided That it’s going to lose its mind Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind ...
There isn’t a “magic number” of racial or ethnic insults an employee must prove to establish a hostile work environment
By Jon Hyman
Jamie Ortiz (of Puerto Rican descent) worked for the Broward County, Florida, School Board in various capacities for nearly 20 years, incl...
A handy FAQ for service animals in the workplace
By Jon Hyman
A local Subway recently earned itself some bad publicity when an employee denied access to a customer with a service dog. While this ...
The 13th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the excoriating executives
By Jon Hyman
It’s been nearly a month since I posted the last nominee for 2019’s Worst Employer. It’s not for lack of ideas; it’s just that the prior n...
WIRTW #559 (the “Happy Birthday D-Man” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This guy turns 11 on Sunday. Happy birthday Donovan! Please keep making us smile. Here’s what I read the past two weeks. Disc...
Rob Mendez won the Jimmy V Award at last night’s ESPYS, and it might be the most inspiring thing you’ve ever seen
By Jon Hyman
Rob Mendez coaches the JV football team at Prospect High School in Saratoga, California. He’s also lived his entire life with no arms and no...
Why are employers testing job applicants for prescription medications?
By Jon Hyman
During a pre-employment medical examination and drug screen, an applicant tests positive for Alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax (a medic...
NLRB offers significant and important guidance on its new(ish) employee handbook rules
By Jon Hyman
It’s been just over 18 months since the NLRB decided Boeing Co. , perhaps its most significant decision in decades. It rewrote more than a...
Why, yesterday, in France was a stadium full of people chanting “EQUAL PAY?”
By Jon Hyman
Indisputable fact no. 1: Women and men should earn the same pay for the same work. Indisputable fact no. 2: The players on the United St...
4 ways your employees are like a new puppy
By Jon Hyman
We are on day 5 of new puppy in the Hyman household. Dante is adjusting well, as are we (including big sister Loula … more or less). It’s be...
There’s no such thing as “reverse” discrimination—it’s all just discrimination
By Jon Hyman
According to the New York Post , a Caucasian 20-year veteran attorney for the Legal Aid Society is suing her former employer for race dis...
Don’t forget about overtime pay when providing bonuses to non-exempt employees
By Jon Hyman
Last week Chipotle announced a new bonus plan that could earn its employees up to an extra month of pay each year. Per the chain’s press r...
Does an employer have a duty to protect the personal information of its employees? (Part 3)
By Jon Hyman
Employees trust their employers with a whole bunch of personal information. Social security numbers, medical documents, insurance records,...
Facebook video sinks employee’s FMLA claim
By Jon Hyman
Everything was going swimmingly for Thomas Dunger during his approved FMLA leave from his job as a mechanic for Union Pacific Railroad … ...
Employers are making new dog ownership a little less ruff by offering “pawternity” leave
By Jon Hyman
In three days, my family grows by one. We’re adding a puppy. My wife and kids have been clamoring for a new dog for a year. Loula (our ...
The Customer isn’t always right: The Museum of Sex(ual harassment)
By Jon Hyman
Just because an employee works at The Museum of Sex does not mean that she wants be sexually harassed. Or least that’s what Katherine McMa...
WIRTW #557 (the “infinity and beyond” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Toy Story has played a huge party in my life. Donovan is a Toy Story fanatic. He’s seen every movie hundreds of times. He has what seems li...
Is blockchain technology the next frontier in combating sexual harassment?
By Jon Hyman
According to Employee Benefit News , Vault Platform has developed an app that uses blockchain technology to allow employees to document a...
The 12th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the disguised doctor
By Jon Hyman
Norma Melgoza, a long-time employee of Rush University Medical Center, is suing her employer for sex discrimination and equal-pay violatio...
What’s a hostile work environment? You’ll know it when you see it.
By Jon Hyman
“I know it when I see it.” These are the famous words of Justice Potter Stewart defining legal obscenity in his concurring opinion in Jaco...