Employers can't outsource discrimination to an algorithm
AI is new and shiny. Employment law is not. Mobley v. Workda y proves the point. The court concluded that employers don't get to outsour...
WIRTW #793: the 'Waterloo Sunset' edition
By Jon Hyman
Last Friday in Covent Garden, a street performer pulled me into his act. "Where are you from?" "America." The boos came ...
Lawsuits aren't lottery tickets. Or at least they shouldn't be.
By Jon Hyman
Too often, plaintiffs' lawyers file thin, borderline frivolous employment claims hoping for a quick nuisance-value settlement. The math ...
5 steps for an employer to win an off-the-clock overtime claim
By Jon Hyman
Jerry Merritt, an agency manager for the Texas Farm Bureau, claimed 816 hours of unpaid overtime. Even assuming he had been misclassified as...
Bribery scandals don't start with bad employees; they start with bad culture
By Jon Hyman
When a bribery scandal hits a company, the corporate response is almost always the same: These were bad employees acting on their own. Maybe...