WIRTW #463 (the “so special” edition)
This weekend is a big one for Norah. Today, she graduates from 5th grade and walks across the quad to become a middle schooler. And tomorrow...
When equal pay is not “equal” pay
By Jon Hyman
The Equal Pay Act requires that an employer pay its male and female employees equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, bu...
Federal court breaks new ground with transgender disability discrimination claim
By Jon Hyman
The ADA expressly excludes from its coverage “transvestism, transsexualism, … [and] gender identity disorders not resulting from physical...
I still despise the misnamed and overused phrase “wage theft”
By Jon Hyman
Writing at Inc.com , Suzanne Lucas (aka Evil HR Lady ) reports on a study published by the Economics Policy Institute , which says that e...
The National Labor Relations Act protects the rights of non-employees under other statutes‽
By Jon Hyman
In MEI-GSR Holdings, LLC (5/16/17) [pdf] , a two-member majority of the National Labor Relations Board held that an employer violated se...