WIRTW #434 (the "Fruity Tunes" edition)
In the name of equal time, I present the set from Donovan’s recent School of Rock performance. His band—Fruity Tunes—played a tight five son...
Lawsuit highlights the risk of unpaid training time
By Jon Hyman
Employment Law 360 reports that Hawaiian Airlines has been sued by a group of employees claiming that their mandatory unpaid 10-day custo...
Atoning for employers’ biggest sins #employmentsins
By Jon Hyman
Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, the day on which we make peace with God for all of the sins we’ve committed over the p...
Court rules employers cannot take overtime credit for paid lunches
By Jon Hyman
The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require paid lunches for employees. Indeed, quite to the contrary, the FLSA provides that meal break...
From the archives: The art of the apology
By Jon Hyman
I’ve been thinking all weekend whether to write about Donald Trump’s 2005 hot mic embarrassment, and, if so, what I’d write about. After a...