Coronavirus Update 8-3-2020: How have employers responded to COVID-19?
A recent survey of businesses reveals a variety of trends about COVID-19 in the workplace. Nearly 6 out of every 10 employers has had an e...
Coronavirus Update 7-31-2020: 41,214 reasons not to fire employees who request FFCRA leave
By Jon Hyman
A San Jose, California, manufacturer has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division to pay 17 employee...
Coronavirus Update 7-30-2020: Ohio needs to fix its unemployment system, π»πΌπ
By Jon Hyman
The State of Ohio has temporarily frozen its Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits, as the Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Service...
Coronavirus Update 7-29-2020: SAFE TO WORK Act would offer employers a significant shield from employee COVID-19 lawsuits
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, Senate Republican introduced their $1 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus package. Among other proposals the bill contain...
Coronavirus Update 7-28-2020: Do you know what to do when an employee tests positive?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Miami Marlins announced that 14 members of its organization—12 players and two coaches—have tested positive for coronavirus. ...
Coronavirus Update 7-27-2020: If your employee treats COVID-19 like a hoax
By Jon Hyman
At the always fabulous Ask a Manager , Alison Green posts the following question : One of my employees has been vocal about the coronavirus...
Coronavirus Update 7-24-2020: New music Friday … live from the Rock Hall
By Jon Hyman
In-person live music has been in short supply over the past four months. Like many, I’ve missed it very, very much. Last Sunday, however, I ...
Coronavirus Update 7-23-2020: The FFCRA implications of schools reopening
By Jon Hyman
With schools set to reopen over the next four to six weeks, your employees will be asking for time off from work if their children will be d...
Coronavirus Update 7-22-2020: Telemedicine and the FMLA
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, the Department of Labor published a three new sets of FAQs— COVID-19 and the FLSA , COVID-19 and the FMLA , and updated ...
Non-Coronavirus Update 7-21-2020: Employment law issues I missed covering during the pandemic
By Jon Hyman
Today, I thought I put COVID-19 on a virtual pause and take a look at some employment law issues I missed covering over the past couple of m...
Coronavirus Update 7-20-2020: How do you reopen schools without teachers?
By Jon Hyman
We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it, the dads want it, the kids want it. It’s time to do it. – President ...
Coronavirus Update 7-17-2020: It’s a scary world at there, and I’m not just talking about the virus
By Jon Hyman
I thought it was an innocent enough tweet. I would have lost my friggin’ mind if I was in that room and then that happened. — Jon Hyman π· ...
Coronavirus Update 7-16-2020: A letter to Ohio — we’re all in this together; let’s all start acting like it
By Jon Hyman
To my fellow Ohioans, Last evening, Governor DeWine scolded many of you for not doing your part in helping to stop the spread of coronavirus...
Coronavirus Update 7-15-2020: OSHA updates its mealy-mouthed facial covering FAQs (again)
By Jon Hyman
OSHA has, yet again, updated its Frequently Asked Questions to advise employers about the use of face masks in the workplace during the ongo...
Coronavirus Update 7-14-2020: Should employers be testing employees for COVID-19?
By Jon Hyman
Fortune magazine asks: "Why some companies are screening employees for COVID-19, while others have opted out?" This is a legitimat...
Coronavirus Update 7-13-2020: Hopelessness
By Jon Hyman
Today's post was either going to discuss mandatory temperature checks for employees or reopening schools. Instead, however, today will b...
Coronavirus Update 7-9-2020: The 6th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the working mom sacker
By Jon Hyman
Let this woman's Instagram post sink in, and then let’s talk about why it's wrong to fire a mom working from home (allegedly) becau...
Coronavirus Update 7-8-2020: A tale of two mask orders
By Jon Hyman
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...