Amazon’s crackdown on employee climate-change protesters is a teachable moment on employee speech rights
Earlier this year, Amazon threatened to fire two employees who spoke out against the company’s stance on climate change. In addition, the...
WIRTW #586 (the “silos” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, Suzanne Lucas (aka the Evil HR Lady ), asked a question about corporate jargon. One of my least favorite corporate jargon-is...
Labor issues when you acquire a company with a union
By Jon Hyman
Spotify recently announced that it is acquiring The Ringer, one of the most prolific and popular podcasting networks. Spotify also indica...
What is the Advancing Support for Working Families Act, and why doesn’t it go far enough?
By Jon Hyman
During last night’s State of the Union Address , President Trump announced his endorsement of the Advancing Support for Working Families A...
Urine trouble: Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether an employer can require “direct observation” of a workplace urine-sample collection
By Jon Hyman
An employer requires “direct observation” of its employees providing a urine sample pursuant to its reasonable suspicion and random workpl...