What can go wrong when employees date?
Since Valentine’s Day will be fast upon us, I thought I’d take a new look at a popular issue this time of year— the office romance . Gerald...
Are employers screwing up the FLSA’s lactation mandate? Probably not.
By Jon Hyman
At Business Insurance , Judy Greenwald quotes an attorney who believes that employers are doing an inadequate job of accommodating employee...
But he looked black… Court rebukes EEOC’s use of “race rating” in systemic lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
According to the EEOC’s draft strategic enforcement plan for 2012 – 2016 , the agency’s number one enforcement priority is ending systemic d...
Employees, if you don’t want us to get your social media info in discovery, don’t post!
By Jon Hyman
In EEOC v. The Original Honeybaked Ham Co. —a hostile environment sexual harassment brought by the EEOC on behalf of 20 female employees—the...
WIRTW #258 (the “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This week, the Connecticut General Assembly (hat tip: Dan Schwartz ) introduced Proposed House Bill 5236 , which would create an “Employer’s...