Are you up on your federal recordkeeping requirements?
The EEOC announced that is has sued a nationwide provider of janitorial and facilities management services for an alleged failure to mainta...
Everything you want to know about the new overtime rules in 3:44
By Jon Hyman
You have to hand it to the Department of Labor. It has gotten creative to spread its message to American workers about the pending changes t...
WIRTW #374 (the “bad choice” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, I came across the following while watching the local morning news: The consumer reporter was demoing an online t-shirt ...
Don’t forget leaves of absence as ADA accommodation
By Jon Hyman
Suppose an employee tells you that she needs time off to undergo surgery for her recently diagnosed breast cancer. Do you? Deny the reques...
Be conscious of inequities when gauging litigation
By Jon Hyman
Four years ago, in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was inappropriate to certify a nationwide class of 1.5 million ...
Ohio’s odd anti-retaliation statute
By Jon Hyman
Ohio’s employment discrimination law has lots of peculiarities that separate it from its federal counterpart—a six-year statute of limitatio...
2nd Circuit becomes 2nd court to toss DOL internship test
By Jon Hyman
Four years ago, the 6th Circuit, in Solis v. Laurelbook Sanitarium and School , rejected the Department of Labor’s six-factored test for de...