Are hangovers the next frontier of your FMLA headaches?
A German court recently ruled that a hangover qualifies as an “illness.” Which got me thinking … are hangovers the next frontier of your...
WIRTW #570 (the “unexpected” edition)
By Jon Hyman
I always assumed my kids would out-achieve me. I just never imagined it would happen by the 8th grade. Cleveland Magazine just named ...
6th Circuit holds that an employee cannot contractually shorten Title VII’s statute of limitations
By Jon Hyman
In Thurman v. Daimler Chrysler , the 6th Circuit agreed that the following agreement between an employer and an employee shortening the ti...
DOL announces new salary threshold for white collar exemptions
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced that effective January 1, 2020, the salary threshold for an employee to be exempt from overti...
Girl Scouts good / union organizers bad
By Jon Hyman
What rights do you have to ban union organizers from your property? A lot. Your property is your property. What if, however, you allow ...