Sometimes a banana is just a banana, and sometimes you're liable for harassment
An employee grabs a co-worker’s penis and pokes another employee with a banana protruding from the zipper of his pants. Should the employe...
Accommodating employees should be a common sense issue
By Jon Hyman
I spent a high-school summer working on a warehouse loading dock. One of my co-workers was named Harland Jester. (I provide his name becau...
The 22nd nominee for the “worst employer of 2017” is … the wage absconder
By Jon Hyman
Suppose you decide you are not going to pay your employees minimum wage and overtime required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. And let’s f...
Just try to curb your enthusiasm about this post on the ADA and attendance
By Jon Hyman
On last night’s season-nine premier of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David was faced with this age old problem. How does an employ...
WIRTW #478 (the “Fake ID” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Norah has a small dry-erase calendar hanging inside her middle-school locker. And on that calendar, in the Friday block, she scribbled the...