Reprehensible conduct, forgettable price tag
"What may be awesome punishment for an impecunious individual defendant may be wholly insufficient to influence the behavior of a prosp...
The fist inside the velvet glove
By Jon Hyman
"The inherent danger in well-timed increases in benefits is the suggestion of a fist inside the velvet glove." That's the 5th ...
Mathing the overtime calculation for bonuses and incentive comp
By Jon Hyman
Boeing built its overtime checks on base hourly rate alone. Nothing else. Not the bonus. Not the incentive pay. Just the base rate, run thro...
WIRTW #809 (the 'senioritis' edition)
By Jon Hyman
My son is a high school senior. His school has a tradition called the Senior Corner — a spot in the Upper School commons, television include...
Pay attention to personal liability for FLSA violations
By Jon Hyman
Business owners, officers, and managers, this is why you need to pay attention to wage and hour issues. Tow truck driver Marquis Mariscal s...
The EEOC has lost the plot
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC has lost right to claim that it's for "equal employment opportunity." The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission exi...
The 8th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Passport Pilferer
By Jon Hyman
An agricultural labor contractor recruited five Guatemalan farmworkers under the H-2A visa program, charged them an illegal $2,500 annual fe...
Hiring isn't a numbers game. It's a standards game.
By Jon Hyman
Hiring is quality control. The moment you treat it as a numbers problem, you've already made your first bad hire. The FBI is about to le...
WIRTW #808 (the 'document, document, document' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week I appeared on a webinar hosted by SelectSoftware Reviews and sponsored by Insperity , on protecting your business throug...
Why employers shouldn't mine employees' social media accounts
By Jon Hyman
A federal judge just told Southwest Airlines what it can't look at on Facebook. The court entered a permanent injunction barring Southwe...
This is why DEI matters
By Jon Hyman
"Do not touch my new driver." That's the tagline from a misogynistic ad that Good Good Golf and Callaway Golf posted — and the...
When 'performance problems' are actually a disability
By Jon Hyman
Brian Lee says his employer relabeled his ADHD symptoms as "performance deficiencies" and terminated him a result. The employer, R...
WIRTW #807 (the 'one cent' edition)
By Jon Hyman
" A fter 9/15/26, The Columbia House will no longer be accepting new orders." So reads the banner atop the mail-order retailer...
You are what you post
By Jon Hyman
"I guess ... to a certain point, I've abused that freedom." That's N.A. Poe, a Philadelphia sandwich shop owner, reflectin...
Yes, it's your laptop. No, you shouldn't necessarily sue to get it back.
By Jon Hyman
Your former employee sues you for discrimination and retaliation. You respond by … suing her over a laptop. That's the latest wrinkle in...
Horrible bosses aren't necessarily discriminatory bosses
By Jon Hyman
We've all had that boss… The one who's rude. Abrasive. Intimidating. The one who turns every interaction into a stress test. But bei...
When your AI meeting assistant becomes your worst witness
By Jon Hyman
"[H]opefully a relatively strapping young man." That's how one manager allegedly described the "ideal person" to rep...
WIRTW #806 (the 'gen z' edition)
By Jon Hyman
This is everything wrong with Gen Z in one viral video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BuzzFeed Studios (@...
If you don’t know about prompt injection yet, you need to
By Jon Hyman
A job applicant recently posted on Reddit that after months of getting nowhere, he tried something different: he buried instructions to AI i...
Your hourly employee's second job is probably none of your business
By Jon Hyman
You can't refuse to pay for someone's time and simultaneously insist that you own it. A group of more than 26,000 Costco employees a...