New anonymous workplace app raises big workplace issue
Have you heard about Memo ? It an iPhone app that allows individuals to post anonymous comments, both positive and negative, about their emp...
Old laws meet new technology: sexual harassment via social media
By Jon Hyman
Last week, the EEOC held a public meeting on workplace harassment . The most interesting testimony was provided by Jane Kow, of HR Law Cons...
A few from the archives for MLK Day
By Jon Hyman
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day . Race relations have been particularly scrutinized over the past few months, with Ferguson and its f...
WIRTW #351 (the “conciliation” edition)
By Jon Hyman
We’re supposed to assume complete good faith on the government’s part and complete bad faith on the part of employers? Chief Justice John ...
Why retaliation claims should keep you up at night
By Jon Hyman
In early 2009, Aker Plant Services terminated the employment of Tommy Sharp as part of workforce reduction. When Sharp asked his supervisor ...
Beware the pregnancy accommodation claim
By Jon Hyman
On Monday I published my list of the five biggest issues employers need to watch and manage in 2015. I listed “pregnancy leave rights” as n...
“Buyer’s regret” as an adverse employment action
By Jon Hyman
Nearly a year ago, in Deleon v. City of Kalamazoo , the 6th Circuit decided that an employee could claim discrimination when he was “involun...