Coronavirus Update 4-15-2021: OSHA finally gets real about Covid safety
Consider the following Covid safety and health violations OSHA recently uncovered at a Massachusetts tax preparation business. Employees and...
DOL reopens the floodgate to liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor's breakup with liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations lasted only four years. Late last week, the ag...
The top 11 things you need to know about being sued by an (ex) employee
By Jon Hyman
Because of the impending changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination law that take effect in two days, the filing of employment discrimi...
Coronavirus Update 4-12-2021: It’s time to end pandemic PTO hesitancy
By Jon Hyman
I haven't taken a proper vacation in 25 months. We were supposed to go to Portugal last March, but then Covid happened. In the 13 months...
Coronavirus Update 4-9-2021: Income tax season has exacerbated the ongoing Covid plague of unemployment fraud
By Jon Hyman
One of the lasting lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic for businesses is our broken state unemployment systems. State governments have paid out...