WIRTW #349 (the “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y’all” edition)
With the end of the year drawing nigh, today’s post will be my last of 2014 (barring any hot-off-the-presses breaking news). I wish all of m...
The 12 Days of Employment Law Christmas (2014)
By Jon Hyman
For the past two Noels, I published “The 12 Days of Employment Law Christmas.” As this has become a year-end tradition at the blog, I’m shar...
Feds impose LGBT affirmative action on federal contractors
By Jon Hyman
If you are a federal contractor of subcontractor, in four months you will have new affirmative action obligations relating to sexual orienta...
Adverse actions come in all shapes and sizes
By Jon Hyman
Consider these facts, taken from Kudla v. Olympic Steel (Ohio Ct. App. 11/20/14) . Employee, age 65, is fired from his job as part of a cor...
The NLRB was a busy beaver last week
By Jon Hyman
Late last week, the NLRB made huge news. In Purple Communications , the NLRB ruled that employees have a right to use their employers’ email...
WIRTW #348 (the “blackheart” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Twice a year, my kids’ school invites any students in grades K – 5 who take private music lessons to perform in a recital for the entire Lo...
Even Santa needs an employee handbook
By Jon Hyman
The Christmas season is upon us, which means that the elves are hard at work deep inside the confines of the North Pole’s buildings preparin...