“I honestly bet you’re big down there.” SNL tackles workplace diversity training.
NBC does itself a disservice by running classic episodes of Saturday Night Live each week, because the old episodes merely reinforce that th...
Ohio considers paid leave for quarantined employees
By Jon Hyman
As just-back-from-Sierra-Leone Kaci Kickox continues to fight efforts to bind her to a mandatory 21-day Ebola quarantine, states around the ...
WIRTW #343 (the “trick or treat” edition)
By Jon Hyman
True confession—I do not like Halloween. I never did. As a kid, I tolerated the holiday because it brought a bounty of candy. As I aged out ...
EEOC files historic lawsuit challenging biometric testing by employers
By Jon Hyman
It’s no secret that health insurance costs are out of control. To help combat this surge, many employers have turned to biometric testing fo...
Court of appeals decision highlights risk of (mis)classifying employees
By Jon Hyman
I once handled a wage-and-hour investigation in which the employer, before retaining my services, hired an HR consultant to help classify it...