Court upholds termination of employee caught using cell phone camera at work
As technology becomes smaller and more accessible, employers will be faced with new problems. For example, one would be hard-pressed to buy ...
A tale of two transgressions, or; How Jim Tressel learned to start lying and lose his job
By Jon Hyman
Employers forgive lots of employee transgressions. I routinely counsel clients that the decision between whether to discipline or terminate ...
WIRTW #178 (the “…and I feel fine” edition)
By Jon Hyman
When the world didn’t end last Saturday, I got curious. What could have possibly gone wrong? So, I did a little research. Here’s what I foun...
Ho-hum … another NLRB social media complaint?
By Jon Hyman
The National Labor Relations Board is divided into 52 regional offices. This week, the Chicago Regional Office became the third to issue a c...
The EEOC is not hot in Cleveland
By Jon Hyman
Emboldened by the 2008 election results, the EEOC has become very aggressive. For example, last fall, the agency both held a public hearing ...