WIRTW #300 (the “300th” edition)
Like a Spartan soldier raging into battle against the army of the Persian King Xerxes, I have ripped through 300 of these end-of-week compi...
A Festivus for the rest of us (at work)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, Evil Skippy at Work answered a reader’s question about whether an employer can prevent its employees from celebrating Festivus i...
Is social media a valid vehicle for harassment complaints?
By Jon Hyman
A nuclear-medicine technician posted the following three items on her Facebook wall: (At 9:00 am) Sara DeBord loves it when my boss adds a...
If you’re taking an employee’s deposition, don’t charge them for a day off work
By Jon Hyman
Today’s blog post is a multiple-choice quiz. An employee takes a day off work to attend his own deposition, which you are taking in defense...
Medical marijuana and the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Jon Hyman
Bailey v. Real Time Staffing Servs. (6th Cir. 10/29/13) involves an employee fired for a positive random drug test for marijuana. Unknown ...