SCOTUS: Picking off individual plaintiffs moots wage and hour collective action
The pickoff is one of the most dramatic defensive plays in baseball. It can single-handedly kill a rally. The tying run on first? One deft...
Do you have a workplace emergency action plan?
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday’s tragedy in Boston has left me speechless. I’m frankly not sure what to say, other than I’m sick of these horrible events; what t...
A Muslim walks into a store… Corporate “Look Policies” and religious discrimination
By Jon Hyman
I’ve written before about the tension between companies’ preferences for how employees look and the religious freedoms of those employees ( ...
WIRTW #269 (the “roshambo” edition)
By Jon Hyman
On Wednesday’s edition of DriveThruHR , Dan Schwartz challenged me to a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors to determine, once and for all, who rei...
New bill seeks to extend comp time to private employers
By Jon Hyman
One question employers ask me all the time is whether they can provide employees comp time (extra time off) in lieu of overtime. For private...