Best remedy for sick day abuse is a clear policy
In a 2006 episode of The Office , Dwight goes undercover to spy on co-worker Oscar when he suspects sick day abuse. He discovers that Oscar...
Court concludes that “common slang” does not violate non-disparagement clause in severance agreement
By Jon Hyman
I’ve seldom, if ever, negotiated a separation or settled an employment dispute for an employer without insisting that a non-disparagement cl...
Do you know? The DOL is encouraging employee covert ops in your business
By Jon Hyman
Six months ago, I wrote about the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division’s launch of a one-stop web portal, We Can Help . Its state...
Court compels production of social networking user names, logins, and passwords, and dispels any notions of personal privacy
By Jon Hyman
As I’ve recently discussed ( Discovey of Social Networks in Employment Disputes and More on the Lack of Privacy in Social Media ), social n...
WIRTW #149 (the work / family edition)
By Jon Hyman
October is National Work & Family Month . In it’s honor, I bring you three posts I read this week celebrating this cause: Euro...