WIRTW #182 (the “Oscar the Grouch” edition)
Last summer, I asked a simple question: “ Have we devolved into a society of assholes? ” Today, I offer the empirical proof, courtesy of a s...
EEOC holds public meeting on 21st century hiring discrimination … and misses the biggest issue
By Jon Hyman
There is perhaps no issue more important to the topic of hiring in the 21st century than social media. Yet, yesterday the EEOC held a public...
Wal-Mart v. Dukes does not equal barefoot and pregnant
By Jon Hyman
I thought that I had my final say on Wal-Mart v. Dukes yesterday . Then, I read more of the commentary on the decision. For example, this cl...
The 7 key points for employers from the Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart v. Dukes opinion
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the certification of the class action in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes . Recall that Duk...
BREAKING NEWS: SCOTUS reverses class certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart
By Jon Hyman
Just a few minutes ago, the Supreme Court delivered its opinion unanimously reversing the 9th Circuit’s class certification in the historica...