Bathroom breaks do not equal breaks in pay
Yesterday’s post on OSHA’s bathroom rules generated an interesting reader question: can an employer deduct bathroom time from an employee’s...
When you gotta go, you gotta go: The right to workplace bathroom breaks
By Jon Hyman
Do you know that OSHA protects the right of employees to go to the bathroom? OSHA’s sanitation standard states: Toilet facilities, in toi...
Lies, untruths, and protected concerted activity
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following two posts, each made by an employee on his respective personal Facebook page, during non-working time. Commenting o...
Failing to communicate with disabled employees is an easy way to buy an ADA lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
Two ADA lawsuits filed by the EEOC over the past two weeks illustrate the risk that employers take when they fail to talk to employees about...
WIRTW #287 (the “save me, San Francisco, part 2” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Cable car rides, hiking and biking to and over the Golden Gate Bridge, sailing the harbor, reuniting with my college roommate, the “Full Hou...