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Sometimes a case turns on complex legal questions or convoluted fact patterns. Other times it turns on something far simpler—like a single d...
By Jon Hyman
Sometimes a case turns on complex legal questions or convoluted fact patterns. Other times it turns on something far simpler—like a single d...
By Jon Hyman
"Can you just help with this for a minute?" That's how off-the-clock cases start. Not with an intent to steal wages, but with ...
By Jon Hyman
When an employee walks out the door holding your company's stuff hostage, you have two problems: (1) your property, and (2) the story yo...
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC just voted 2–1 to hold that federal agencies may restrict bathrooms and other "intimate spaces" based on biological sex —...
By Jon Hyman
Have you ever seen a celebrity—someone whose work you genuinely love—and completely blown your shot at being normal? Yeah. Same. It just hap...
By Jon Hyman
A lawmaker sits silently during a high-profile speech. He holds up a simple sign protesting a racially offensive depiction of a former presi...
By Jon Hyman
We tell ourselves a comforting lie about bad behavior around sports. It's just passion. Just rivalry. Just trash talk. Until it's ra...
By Jon Hyman
A bun propped itself atop the deli counter and declared itself lunch. It was golden. Perfectly split. Structurally sound. "Look at my f...
By Jon Hyman
Rock 'n' roll has a long history of protest music. From Woody Guthrie's Tear the Fascists Down to Rage Against the Machine'...
By Jon Hyman
For years, BrewDog invited fans to become "Equity Punks." Not just customers. Owners. Across seven crowdfunding rounds, roughly 22...
By Jon Hyman
"Take out your phone and open your ChatGPT app. Type this prompt: 'Based on my past conversations, analyze my behavioral tendencies...
By Jon Hyman
At a company keynote in Las Vegas, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invited the international employees to stand. He then joked that ICE agents w...
By Jon Hyman
"If you fire her, she will sue you and I will testify." That's not a plaintiff's lawyer talking. That's Dr. Robby, the...
By Jon Hyman
Fifty-three today. That's either mid-50s or early-50s depending on how generous you're feeling. I'm choosing the latter. Staying...
By Jon Hyman
AI meeting agents are everywhere. They join Zoom calls, transcribe conversations, summarize action items, and promise to save employees hour...
By Jon Hyman
Workplace investigations are hard. Witnesses forget. Memories conflict. Motives get murky. HR is left piecing together timelines, credibilit...
By Jon Hyman
I keep getting asked how employers can legally maintain DEI programs in today's political climate. A federal judge just answered that qu...
By Jon Hyman
When I was a kid, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood wasn't background noise. You sat on the floor. You watched. You waited for him to come th...
By Jon Hyman
This week, the EEOC sent a strong message to corporate America when it went to federal court to force Nike to turn over years of documents t...
By Jon Hyman
Let's get something straight right out of the gate: employees have the right to organize. They also have the right to complain about wor...