BREAKING: FMLA’s “same-sex spouse” rule on hold, for now
Today, the new rule that would permit FMLA benefits for same-sex spouses was to take effect. However, late yesterday, a federal judge in Te...
I’ll give you one guess where the NLRB is holding its “ambush election” training?
By Jon Hyman
Since I’ve already provided more than 3,000 words of quality labor-and-employment content this week, today’s post will be on the (much) shor...
BREAKING: McDonnell Douglas lives! #SCOTUS applies decades-old test to pregnancy accommodation claims
By Jon Hyman
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most anticipated employment-law rulings of this term, in Young v. United Parcel Servi...
A lesson on salaried employees: Ohio court confirms that fluctuating work week cannot apply retroactively
By Jon Hyman
Just because you pay an employee a salary does not render that employee “exempt” from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards ...
NLRB judge’s analysis of T-Mobile’s handbook is of note for the provisions she concluded to be lawful
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, I examined, in detail, the NLRB’s General Counsel’s memo on employer policies . Today, I’m going to examine a recent decision by ...
Analysis of the NLRB’s guidance on employer rules (or, meet the new boss … same as the old boss)
By Jon Hyman
It’s been nearly two years since then-acting NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued his office’s guidance on social media policies under S...
WIRTW #360 (the “one shining moment” edition)
By Jon Hyman
March Madness is now if full swing, with 20 games down, and 47 to go (at least as this post goes live). How’s your bracket doing? The always...