Blasting through the bulletproof employee
Butler v. Alabama Dept. of Transportation (11th Cir. 7/30/08) concerns a black employee belatedly complaining that a white employee used th...
Right to reinstatement under USERRA for returning military personnel is absolute
By Jon Hyman
In 1994, Congress enacted USERRA (the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act), to protect the employment rights of the me...
The real cost of paid sick leave is staggering
By Jon Hyman
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has commissioned a study to calculate the real cost of paid sick leave to Ohio. The result...
Argument that FMLA does not prohibit retaliation falls on deaf ears at court of appeals
By Jon Hyman
When a company is caught making a bad employment decision, they come to us, their lawyers, to bail them out. Bryant v. Dollar General Stores...
Five reasons why I'm against the Healthy Families Act
By Jon Hyman
As most know, the Healthy Families Act paid sick leave mandate guarantees seven days of paid sick leave each year to employees who work at l...