Facebook video sinks employee’s FMLA claim
Everything was going swimmingly for Thomas Dunger during his approved FMLA leave from his job as a mechanic for Union Pacific Railroad … ...
Employers are making new dog ownership a little less ruff by offering “pawternity” leave
By Jon Hyman
In three days, my family grows by one. We’re adding a puppy. My wife and kids have been clamoring for a new dog for a year. Loula (our ...
The Customer isn’t always right: The Museum of Sex(ual harassment)
By Jon Hyman
Just because an employee works at The Museum of Sex does not mean that she wants be sexually harassed. Or least that’s what Katherine McMa...
WIRTW #557 (the “infinity and beyond” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Toy Story has played a huge party in my life. Donovan is a Toy Story fanatic. He’s seen every movie hundreds of times. He has what seems li...
Is blockchain technology the next frontier in combating sexual harassment?
By Jon Hyman
According to Employee Benefit News , Vault Platform has developed an app that uses blockchain technology to allow employees to document a...
The 12th nominee for the “worst employer of 2019” is … the disguised doctor
By Jon Hyman
Norma Melgoza, a long-time employee of Rush University Medical Center, is suing her employer for sex discrimination and equal-pay violatio...
What’s a hostile work environment? You’ll know it when you see it.
By Jon Hyman
“I know it when I see it.” These are the famous words of Justice Potter Stewart defining legal obscenity in his concurring opinion in Jaco...