Workplace smartphone etiquette – smartphones versus smart use
When I started my first legal job during law school, the biggest distraction was minesweeper on my desktop PC. Today, distractions are big...
When is a failure to accommodate an employee’s religion actionable?
By Jon Hyman
If an employee approaches your HR department and asks for an accommodation for his or her religion, you might think that your company has an...
Do you know? Handling a chronically ill employee
By Jon Hyman
In the June 19 New York Times , Lesley Alderman provided chronically ill employees some practical information on how to protect their jobs w...
Have you thought about these four issues before you fired that employee?
By Jon Hyman
BLR’s HR Daily Advisor recently published a helpful checklist of the 10 Questions You Must Ask Before Firing ( part 1 and part 2 ). I have ...
WIRTW #84
By Jon Hyman
Last week I posted a clip from one of my favorite movies, Office Space . This week, Dan Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog tea...