You can’t always get what you want … but even when you do it’s an “adverse employment action”
Suppose an employee applies for a transfer to an open position. The company decides to hire an external candidate and passes on transferring...
You might be a defendant if … you ask applicants for a family medical history
By Jon Hyman
According to this press release , a New York nursing and rehabilitation center will pay $370,000 to settle a genetic discrimination lawsuit ...
Cursing as religious harassment—context matters
By Jon Hyman
With The year was 1985. I was 12 years and spent the summer at overnight camp. When you spend 8 weeks alone in the woods with a dozen other ...
WIRTW #303 (the “toilet humor” edition)
By Jon Hyman
True story. I just learned of a company (not a client) that maintains two sets of bathrooms—one for its “office” employees and one for its “...
Blackballing as retaliation
By Jon Hyman
Do you remember Diana Wang, the unpaid intern who sued Hearst Corporation , claiming that the publisher violated that Fair Labor Standard Ac...