Offering of severance package found to be evidence of a constructive discharge
With the exception of a "for cause" termination, I am firm believer that most terminations should be communicated with an offer of...
Gas prices dictate new types of employment policies
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday's Cleveland Plain Dealer ran an article on new types of perks that companies are making available to their employee to offset...
What I'm reading this week #34
By Jon Hyman
For the past 12 years, it has been the law in the 6th Circuit that an employer cannot discriminate against a female employee because she had...
Crusader seeks to ban cursing - should businesses comply?
By Jon Hyman
Jim O'Connor runs the Cuss Control Academy . He believes that America has developed an addiction to swearing that needs to be curbed. Ac...
Courts sets boundary on associational discrimination claims
By Jon Hyman
Recall in Thompson v. North Am. Stainless , the 6th Circuit recognized a claim for associational retaliation, and held that "Title VII ...
Just because paid family leave is a popular issue does not mean it is good for Ohio
By Jon Hyman
Ohioans for Healthy Families , the union-backed group behind the Ohio Health Families Act , continues to try to gather enough signatures to ...
Accuracy of background checks poses potential problem for employers
By Jon Hyman
Business Week magazine this week is running a story on the lack of accuracy in credit reports . The article claims that inaccuracies are a h...