The times they are a changin’ for LGBT discrimination
Last week, the The U.S. Office of Special Counsel announced a landmark determination that the Department of the Army engaged in “frequent, p...
Does social media hold the cure for your malingering, hooky playing employees?
By Jon Hyman
In one of the better earlier episodes of The Office , the Assistant to the Regional Manager, Dwight Schrute, thinks that one of his co-work...
WIRTW #342 (the “family photo” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Photo by Jenny Gildea Photography (who I cannot more highly recommend). Here’s what I read this week: Discrimination “How Can We Accom...
“He liked breasts” is never an appropriate response to a harassment complaint
By Jon Hyman
Ruby Blackmon claimed that for a ten-month period, her second-level manager inappropriately stared at her breasts three to 10 times per day,...
“Honest belief” isn’t a defense to an FMLA claim, says federal court
By Jon Hyman
The honest-belief rule is one of most effective shields available to employers in discrimination cases: As long as an employer has an ho...