Coronavirus Update 7-8-2020: A tale of two mask orders
Yesterday, Ohio announced that face coverings will be required at all times when out in public in seven surging counties—Butler, Franklin, ...
Coronavirus Update 7-7-2020: Do you know the difference between quarantine and isolation?
By Jon Hyman
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we've heard the words "quarantine" and "isolation" used a lot. While a thesaur...
Coronavirus Update 7-6-2020: Telsa fires workers for staying home after giving them permission to stay home … and after they complain about safety
By Jon Hyman
"Carlos, there is no need to feel that you are going to lose your job. If at this time you do not feel comfortable returning to work, y...
Coronavirus Update 7-2-2020: Employee claims his remote-work request got him fired, sues
By Jon Hyman
An employee suffers from high blood pressure and lives with his 81-year-old mother. He's an engineer and began working from home for his...
Coronavirus Update 7–1–2020: THIS is how you protect your employees
By Jon Hyman
Mootown Creamery is an ice cream shop in my town. Consistent with Ohio's reopening rules, it requires its employees to wear masks while...
Coronavirus Update 6–30–2020: CDC now recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public
By Jon Hyman
Your cloth face covering may protect them. Their cloth face covering may protect you. As COVID-19 cases spike nationwide, and the CDC warns ...
Coronavirus Update 6–29–2020: Judge hands McDonald’s a whopper of a rebuke for its COVID-19 response
By Jon Hyman
A month ago I reported on a novel lawsuit filed against McDonald's Corporation in which the plaintiffs sought to have the fast-food con...
Coronavirus Update 6–26–2020: New music Friday—Norah (en français), and a brand new Old 97’s song @suburbspod #FridayNightHootenanny
By Jon Hyman
Since early May, Norah has spent her Friday nights jamming on the Rockin' the Suburbs podcast's Friday Night Hootenanny. Each Frida...
Coronavirus Update 6–25–2020: Are employees taking paid leave under the FFCRA? — the results
By Jon Hyman
The results are in from my survey on the prevalence of employee leave under the FFCRA. Of those employers that are covered by the FFCRA: 86 ...
Coronavirus Update 6–24–2020: Are employees taking paid leave under the FFCRA?
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent poll conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families , less than one in five employees have either take...
Coronavirus Update 6–23–2020: Must you accommodate an employee with a high-risk family member?
By Jon Hyman
A bit of personal news: I have requested the opportunity to work from home for the fall semester because of my daughter’s heart condition. I...
Coronavirus Update 6–22–2020: Ohio ends unemployment benefits to employees who refuse to work (with some key exceptions)
By Jon Hyman
The state of Ohio will begin denying unemployment benefits to employees who refuse to work because of coronavirus. Governor DeWine issued a...
Coronavirus Update 6–19–2020: How to communicate when an employee tests positive
By Jon Hyman
Positive COVID-19 tests are sadly the reality of 2020, and likely at least part of 2021. Nationally, 2.23 million of us have tested positive...
Coronavirus Update 6–18–2020: Errata—employers cannot require antibody tests of employees, says EEOC
By Jon Hyman
Two months ago I suggested that the EEOC would conclude that employers could require COVID-19 antibody tests as a condition of employment....
Does Title VII protect employees whose spouses are pregnant?
By Jon Hyman
A male Disney employee has filed suit against his former employer, claiming that Disney unlawfully discriminated against him because of his...
Everything you need to know about Bostock v. Clayton County—the #SCOTUS LGBTQ discrimination decision—in five quotes
By Jon Hyman
June is Pride Month. If you thought the month's biggest LGBTQ news was Nickelodeon tweeting that SpongeBob was part of the LGBTQ+ commun...
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court holds that Title VII protects LGBTQ employees 🏳️🌈
By Jon Hyman
In a landmark ruling issued this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination also proh...
Coronavirus Update 6–15–2020: COVID-19 is not an excuse for age discrimination
By Jon Hyman
Consider these headlines: Older Workers Grapple With Risk of Getting Covid-19 on the Job Older Workers Returning to Office Fear Both Virus a...
Coronavirus Update 6–12–2020: sanctimony (and masks) #MaskingForAFriend
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I asked a simple question: Do you voluntarily wear a mask or other facial covering when out in public? Thank you to the hundreds ...
Coronavirus Update 6–11–2020: OSHA issues guidance on cloth face coverings at work
By Jon Hyman
I continue to struggle with comprehending how masks and facial coverings became one of the key coronavirus issues that's divided our na...