Employers, repeat after me: “Tips belong to employees, not employers.”
$1,351,253.34. That's the amount a federal judge has ordered the Empire Diner, its owner, Ihsan Gunaydin, and its manager Engin Gunaydi...
The NLRB is inching towards Weingarten Rights for all employees
By Jon Hyman
In NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. , the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are entitled to req...
WIRTW #642: the “get off our backs” edition
By Jon Hyman
Can you please get off our backs? By "our," I mean management-side labor lawyers. Let me explain. I just finished listening to th...
Pre-employment pregnancy testing?
By Jon Hyman
I was tagged on Twitter to address this situation . My friend did a drug test for a part time job for the local school district. When she...
Lyfting independent contractor status
By Jon Hyman
If I asked you to identify Lyft's business, how would you answer? "They're a transportation company," you'd say. Ther...