Coronavirus Update 8–10–2021: Vaccines and religions accommodation requests
"I need an accommodation for your mandatory vaccination policy. The vaccine is against my religion." As more employers roll out va...
Coronavirus Update 8–9–2021: CNN fires three employees for lying about vaccine status
By Jon Hyman
CNN — which is requiring all in-person employees to be fully vaccinated — has fired three employees for going into the office unvaccinated. ...
The 11th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the Cosby Suite
By Jon Hyman
If you're my age, when you hear the name Activision you think of games like Kaboom!, Pitfall!, and the Atari 2600. If you're younger...
Coronavirus Update 8–5–2021: Debunking dangerous anti-vax theories and organizations like The Solari Report
By Jon Hyman
You've read my posts from earlier this week, listened to the newly self-appointed quarterback of Team Vaccine Mandate, and decided to re...
Coronavirus Update 8–4–2021: The dam is breaking on mandatory Covid vaccines, and the flood is coming
By Jon Hyman
The news on mandated Covid vaccinations is coming fast and furious, from courts, governments, and private businesses.
Coronavirus Update 8–3–2021: What the CDC’s new mask guidance actually says and means
By Jon Hyman
Since there was so much confusion that resulted from the last time the CDC updated its mask guidance for the fully vaccinated, I thought it...
Coronavirus Update 8–2–2021: Employers, now is the time to mandate Covid vaccines
By Jon Hyman
As short as a few weeks ago, I'd have told you that the choice to get vaccinated is a personal one, and that employers that mandated the...
Coronavirus Update 7–23–2021: We talkin’ bout masks! We ain’t talkin’ bout the vaccine, we talkin’ bout masks.
By Jon Hyman
I'm not proud of this but i just made a scene in public for the first time in my life… I walked into a Starbucks and they asked me to p...
Coronavirus Update 7–22–2021: How the ADA and FMLA apply to Covid long haulers
By Jon Hyman
The risks associated with Covid-19 aren't limited to the 625,000 Americans this virus has killed or the 2.3 million hospitalizations. On...
Coronavirus Update 7–21–2021: Employers, now is the time to ready your back-to-school plans
By Jon Hyman
Children nationwide are getting ready to go back to the school for the 2021 – 22 school year, the third school year students and their paren...
When protected concerted activity isn’t protected
By Jon Hyman
Netflix has fired three marketing executives for criticizing their co-workers over Slack. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "the ex...
An adverse jury verdict is just a number on a piece of paper
By Jon Hyman
Late last week, a federal jury tagged Walmart with a verdict totaling more than $125 million in a disability discrimination lawsuit the EEOC...
Coronavirus Update 7–16–2021: Ohio prohibits schools from mandating the Covid vaccine
By Jon Hyman
Ohio currently requires that students receive each of the following vaccines (subject to medical or religious exceptions) as a condition of...
There’s nothing illegal about paying employees a “day rate,” as long as you also pay an overtime premium for overtime hours
By Jon Hyman
Here's how the president of Fusion Japanese Steakhouse describes the manner in which his company (unlawfully) pays its kitchen staff: I ...
The 10th nominee for the “Worst Employer of 2021” is … the transphobic terminator
By Jon Hyman
Kimberly Grinage was born male but identifies as a transgender woman. That fact presented a huge problem for her during her employment at an...
Coronavirus Update 7–13–2021: The 3 reasons why it matters that you get vaccinated (even if I’m vaccinated)
By Jon Hyman
"If you're vaccinated, and the vaccines work, why do you care if I get vaccinated? Let me live my life. My body, my choice." T...
You don’t need to wait for President Biden to fix what’s wrong with non-compete agreements
By Jon Hyman
On Friday, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy . According to the Order, its goal is ...
WorldatWork’s Work in Progress podcast—Episode 118: A Conversation with Employment/Labor Attorney Jon Hyman
By Jon Hyman
This week marks my record-setting third appearance on WorkatWork's Work in Progress podcast . Tune in to listen to me talk about employe...
Religious accommodations shouldn’t flummox employers, yet they still do
By Jon Hyman
I've shared this story before, but it's worth re-sharing because (a) it's been a few years and I have many new readers, (b) it...
ABA President fixes the victim-blaming problem the ABA Journal created for working moms
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday , I was highly critical of the ABA Journal for publishing a column that victim-blamed working moms for their lack of advancement ...