Workers' comp is a bargain with fine print
In the hospital until 4 a.m. No sleep, because sleep was a risk. Then 40 pass attempts in London. That's Jalen Hurts before and during t...
The complaint came later. The paper trail came first.
By Jon Hyman
A Black employee emails the CEO about racism at work. Nine days later, the company fires her. How did she lose her retaliation claim? Ebony ...
WIRTW #814 (the 'barricade' edition)
By Jon Hyman
"Campus security came pounding on the doors and told us we needed to evacuate." That's my daughter, Norah, on the new...
Training isn't homework. If you require it, it's work.
By Jon Hyman
Imagine requiring employees to complete two hours of online training every week, giving them no time to do it during their shifts, and then ...
If you make employees show up early, you might have to pay them to wait
By Jon Hyman
Your plant's first shift starts at 6:00 a.m. But you tell everyone to be at the door by 5:45, ready to work. Most mornings, the supervis...
Shane Gillis's SNL joke is a hostile work environment lesson
By Jon Hyman
"I didn't know women just dress like whores now?" That was one of the punchlines from Shane Gillis's Saturday Night Live m...
"So sensitive" is not a harassment defense
By Jon Hyman
"So sensitive." That was a television network owner's reply after a pastor told him, in writing, to stop sending a meme the pa...