Biden Administration announces $15 minimum wage for all federal contractors
Yesterday, the White House announced that effective January 30, 2022, all federal contractors will be required to incorporate a $15 minimum...
Why would a company wait a year to implement an anti-harassment program?
By Jon Hyman
McDonald's has lots of secrets. What's in its sauce? What part of the chicken do the McNuggets come from? How come every time I crav...
Coronavirus Update 4-26-2021: Another reason not to mandate the Covid vaccine for employees
By Jon Hyman
I've not hidden my belief that employers should not be mandating that their employees receive the Covid vaccine as a condition of emplo...
Coronavirus Update 4-22-2021: The SBA has one pandemic job, and it failed @nivassoc #saveourstages
By Jon Hyman
On April 8, the Small Business Association opened its Covid relief program for concert halls and other performing arts venues. Or at least...
Coronavirus Update 4-21-2021, part 2: Does President Biden read my blog?
By Jon Hyman
I've previously urged employers to pay employees for time off related to getting the Covid vaccine and for any time related to adverse r...
Coronavirus Update 4-21-2021: Most Americans that haven’t yet gotten the Covid vaccine don’t plan to … and that’s a huge problem
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent Axios-Ipsos poll , vaccination efforts may have plateaued, and most people who've not yet been vaccinated don'...
We learn more from our failures than our successes
By Jon Hyman
A couple of months ago I was approached by the That One Case podcast to record an episode. This show asks lawyers to share the story of one...
How to identify and handle an employee at risk for workplace violence
By Jon Hyman
It's been four days since Brandon Hole returned to the Indianapolis FedEx facility at which previously worked and killed eight people. ...
Coronavirus Update 4-15-2021: OSHA finally gets real about Covid safety
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following Covid safety and health violations OSHA recently uncovered at a Massachusetts tax preparation business. Employees and...
DOL reopens the floodgate to liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor's breakup with liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations lasted only four years. Late last week, the ag...
The top 11 things you need to know about being sued by an (ex) employee
By Jon Hyman
Because of the impending changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination law that take effect in two days, the filing of employment discrimi...
Coronavirus Update 4-12-2021: It’s time to end pandemic PTO hesitancy
By Jon Hyman
I haven't taken a proper vacation in 25 months. We were supposed to go to Portugal last March, but then Covid happened. In the 13 months...
Coronavirus Update 4-9-2021: Income tax season has exacerbated the ongoing Covid plague of unemployment fraud
By Jon Hyman
One of the lasting lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic for businesses is our broken state unemployment systems. State governments have paid out...
Title VII and “fringe" religions
By Jon Hyman
"A pagan says she faced religious discrimination while working at Panera. Now, she’s suing." So reads the headline at the Washing...
6th Circuit applies False Claim Act’s anti-retaliation protections to ex-employees
By Jon Hyman
In the history of this blog's 3,603 posts, I've never written about the False Claim Act. If you've been waiting with bated breat...
Coronavirus Update 4-6-2021: Is work from home not all it’s cracked up to be?
By Jon Hyman
Three weeks ago I returned to the office. That return matched my start date at Wickens Herzer Panza . I decided that it'd be difficult,...
Coronavirus Update 4-5-2021: The Covid lawsuits are coming
By Jon Hyman
Thirteen months into the pandemic, the COVID-related employment lawsuits are starting to roll into courthouses. Consider the following, all ...
No foolin': the most meaningful changes to Ohio's employment discrimination law take effect in two weeks
By Jon Hyman
Two weeks from today, H.B. 352 takes effect and brings the most significant changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination statute since it...
Coronavirus Update 3-31-2021: Covid-19 vaccination cards will be required to do lots of things, including possibly even working
By Jon Hyman
According to the Wall Street Journal , Covid-19 vaccination cards are our only proof of vaccination status and will soon be as essential as ...
Let's meet employees where they are on their pronouns
By Jon Hyman
In Meriwether v. Hartop , the 6th Circuit recently decided that a state university cannot force a professor to use students' preferred g...