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Ohio's new ethics guide — Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers and Judicial Officers — leaves one big question unanswered

Thursday, June 4, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Ohio's new AI Ethics Guide for Lawyers is worth reading. It tackles many of the questions lawyers have been asking since generative AI ...

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A helpful tip on the FLSA's tip credit

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 By Jon Hyman

For many craft breweries, the taproom is where the magic happens. It's where customers connect with your brand, your beer, and your peop...

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🎶 With my mind on my Title VII and Title VII on my mind. 🎶

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Barbie Bassett, a longtime white news anchor for WLBT, lost her job after two on-air comments her employer deemed racially offensive. First,...

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The one mistake I keep seeing employers make, over and over again

Monday, June 1, 2026 By Jon Hyman

One of the biggest mistakes I see employers make, over and over again, is treating employee wage information as "confidential." Po...

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WIRTW #799: the 'inclusion' edition

Friday, May 29, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Is it too much to ask a school to provide a gluten-free treat for my son? Donovan has Celiac disease. The school has known of his autoimmune...

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Can you harass someone for being American?

Thursday, May 28, 2026 By Jon Hyman

The EEOC does not file many lawsuits. It receives tens of thousands of discrimination charges every year but litigates only a tiny fraction ...

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"We'll look into it" is not a harassment response

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 By Jon Hyman

An employee says a coworker sexually assaulted her at work. Management says it will take the complaint seriously. HR says it will be involve...

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COVID-era remote work doesn't make telework a permanent ADA accommodation requirement

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Remote work isn't the ADA accommodation silver bullet employees think it is. The 5th Circuit just drove that point home in Hayes v. GSt...

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The 6th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Funeral Fragger

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 By Jon Hyman

There are bad managers. There are clueless managers. And then there's this manager, who just entered the race for Worst Employer of 2026...

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Apparently, corporate America's commitment to working parents had conditions

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 By Jon Hyman

The pandemic-era "golden age of employee benefits" is over. At least, that's the message some employers are sending as compani...

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The EEOC just gave employers an (inadvertent) roadmap on how to legally implement a DEI program

Monday, May 11, 2026 By Jon Hyman

The EEOC thinks it just filed a blockbuster anti-DEI lawsuit against The New York Times. What it actually filed is a pretty good roadmap for...

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WIRTW #798: the 'gunner' edition

Friday, May 8, 2026 By Jon Hyman

I never expected to fall in love with English football in my 50s. Yet here we are. A couple of years ago, I started following Arsenal FC. Wh...

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When employers gamble on bad facts, they usually lose

Thursday, May 7, 2026 By Jon Hyman

How does a case like this ever get to trial? That was my first thought after reading Griffin v. Copper Cellar Corp . Rose Griffin worked as ...

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The 11th Circuit just lowered the bar on racial harassment

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 By Jon Hyman

A noose. A blackface doll. Hung at a Black employee's desk. If you're thinking, "that's a textbook hostile work environment...

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Is paid family and medical leave finally coming to Ohio?

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Ohio just took another swing at paid family and medical leave. This one might matter. On April 23, Senators Beth Liston (D) and Louis Blessi...

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WIRTW #797: the 'compliment' edition

Friday, May 1, 2026 By Jon Hyman

What is the best professional compliment you can get? For me, it's this: "You don't sound like a lawyer." I hear this ofte...

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The 5th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Caucasian Chooser

Thursday, April 30, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Dimerco Express USA didn't hide it. They didn't bury it in coded language. They didn't even pretend it was anything else. They w...

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Voluntary retirement incentives vs. age discrimination

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Microsoft just gave corporate America a new playbook for thinning the ranks without ever uttering the words "layoff" or "olde...

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The 4th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Disability Turkey

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 By Jon Hyman

A longtime employee tells her employer she has breast cancer. She needs time off—intermittent leave—to undergo chemotherapy and recover. The...

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A beast of a harassment lawsuit

Monday, April 27, 2026 By Jon Hyman

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as YouTube's biggest star, MrBeast , is calling this lawsuit "clout-chasing," a grab for headli...

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Jon Hyman

Management-side employment lawyer. Chair of Employment & Labor and Craft Beer practices at Wickens Herzer Panza.

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