Coronavirus Update 10-29-2020: The Dodgers might be World Series winners, but they’re COVID-19 losers
Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series. In the 8th inning of their clinching game 6, the Dodgers pulled third baseman J...
Coronavirus Update 10-28-2020: The 10th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the whistleblower whacker
By Jon Hyman
SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, describes itself as "the foremost expert, convener, and thought leader on issues impa...
Time to make sure your business has an Election Day plan. #vote
By Jon Hyman
Election Day is in seven days. By all predictions, this election will see a record number of voters. As long as Election Day remains a worki...
Results—Would you boycott a business based on the candidate it supports? #vote
By Jon Hyman
The results are. Thank you to the 244 of you took the time to answer my question: Would you boycott a business based on the candidate whom ...
Coronavirus Update 10-23-2020: Please stop telling me that we all just need to get on with living our lives
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, I posed what I thought was a simple question on the private Facebook page of my community's homeowners' associati...
Coronavirus Update 10-22-2020: New CDC guidance will result in A LOT more employee absences
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the CDC made a key update to its COVID-19 guidance. It made a significant change to the definition of "close contact."...
Would you boycott a business based on the candidate it supports?
By Jon Hyman
Over the weekend I got into an interesting discussion on Twitter with a couple of my favorite musicians, Brendon Benson and Caitlin Rose . ...
PLEASE don’t tell your employees which candidate to vote for
By Jon Hyman
This post at the Evil HR Lady Facebook group caught my attention yesterday: Florida company's president warns employees their jobs cou...
Coronavirus Update 10-19-2020: The 10th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the callous car dealer
By Jon Hyman
I continue to shake my head at the callousness of employers during this pandemic. Consider this example from The Oregonian , which earns its...
Coronavirus Update 10-16-2020: The benefit of being prepared
By Jon Hyman
When you get the call, you better be prepared. This maxim holds true in business, in the law, and in life in general. Our favorite local w...
What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate
By Jon Hyman
An employee suffers an injury that prevents her from operating a motor vehicle. With no means of transportation to travel to and from her wo...
Coronavirus Update 10-14-2020: Reporting an employee who tests positive
By Jon Hyman
When an employee tests positive, an employer has certain reporting obligations. These obligations fall into two categories—reporting to OSHA...
Coronavirus Update 10-13-2020: You are doing something very, very wrong if your employees are terrified to come to work
By Jon Hyman
According to Deadspin , NFL players are terrified of COVID, but are afraid to speak up for fear of angering the NFL. "I looked at my so...
Why I call myself the 'Master of Workplace Schadenfreude'
By Jon Hyman
If you and I are connected on LinkedIn (and if we're not, please correct that mistake immediately), you may have noticed that my headli...
People I don’t understand
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week I saw the following (brilliant) ad put out by a group calling itself Dog Lovers For Joe . It reminded me of a list I...
Coronavirus Update 10-8-2020: Crying “discrimination” because you refuse to wear a mask isn’t just silly, it’s offensive
By Jon Hyman
Please watch this short video and then let's talk. Entitled anti-masker says "I am discriminated against every single day in my cou...
Coronavirus Update 10-7-2020: Could White House employees file an OSHA complaint?
By Jon Hyman
Monday night saw President Donald Trump dramatically return to the White House after his three-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center for CO...
Coronavirus Update 10-6-2020: Fired for COVID-19, or fired for irresponsibility
By Jon Hyman
Prada v. Trifecta Productions , filed a few weeks ago in federal court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, asks whether an employer can legally fire an ...
Coronavirus Update 10-5-2020: Your employees should never learn about positive test from anyone but you
By Jon Hyman
Ninety percent of the [White House] complex most certainly learned about it in the news, as has been the case ever since. There are reports ...
Friday follow-up: Covid quarantine/isolation, politics at work, and crab people
By Jon Hyman
With the shocking news that Donald and Melenia Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 (along with Hope Hicks, one of Trump's top advis...