Let’s start treating salaried workers like salaried workers
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a salaried exempt employee. The classification is significant, because it enables ...
WIRTW #366 (the “same-sex marriage” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges , one the Court’s most anticipated cases in years, whi...
Supreme Court ruling on EEOC conciliation obligations is a Pyrrhic victory for employers
By Jon Hyman
One question that employers always ask upon receipt of an EEOC charge of discrimination is, “How does this process work?” After the EEOC con...
Supreme Court to consider time limits for constructive discharge claims
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court finished its Spring 2015 term with oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex-marriage case. Earlier i...
Asymptomatic HIV is a “disability,” no matter what one appellate court said
By Jon Hyman
In Clayton v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation , an Ohio appellate court was faced with the issue of whether Ohio’s disability discrimination sta...
NLRB signs off on employer social media policy as legal
By Jon Hyman
It’s not news that employer social media policies are on the NLRB’s radar. What is newsworthy, though, is when the NLRB considers a social m...
WIRTW #365 (the “on the road again” edition)
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a crazy week. I gave four different seminar presentations over an eight-day span: Last Wednesday I presented a two-hour FMLA/ADA...