Can HR listen in on an employee's doctor's appointment?
An employee on short-term disability is ready to come back. HR tells them they need a release from the doctor who took them off work. Fair e...
Catching the thief red-handed isn't enough to win a trade secrets case
By Jon Hyman
You can prove trade secrets theft cold and still lose the injunction. That's the lesson from the 6th Circuit's recent decision in UE...
Your shift supervisors can't have it both ways with tipped wages
By Jon Hyman
Bartending doesn't launder a manager's cut of the tip pool. That's the entire lesson of a recent Department of Labor Opinion Let...
Three commutes; zero compensation
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor just answered a question a lot of employers have been wondering about: if an employee splits her day between home a...
WIRTW #810 (the 'Aix's and Eau's' edition)
By Jon Hyman
For those who are unfamiliar with my podcasting side hustle, for the past five years I've co-hosted a show with my daughter, Norah. We j...
6 tips to stop a thief within your business
By Jon Hyman
Most employers worry about the thief outside the building. Yet, if someone's stealing from you it's probably an employee inside it. ...
The two-day mistake that sent retaliation claim to trial
By Jon Hyman
Two days. That's the entire gap between John Shoemaker asking McKesson Corp. for FMLA leave and McKesson telling him he was fired. A fe...