WIRTW #815 (the 'vote' edition)
Yesterday morning, my wife, son, and I voted. Do you know the rules around providing time off to your employees to vote? In Ohio, you can...
An angry conversation isn't retaliation. Yet.
By Jon Hyman
A nurse who spent years publicly calling her college racist asks one question at a staff conference: will HR have to take implicit-bias trai...
Hiring a waitress? Hire a server instead.
By Jon Hyman
"WE'RE HIRING HOSTESSES!" It's also a problem. It's illegal to state a preference in a job ad that expresses a prefere...
Why a "BS" email that didn't sink an employer
By Jon Hyman
"We need to terminate her." That's what the Director of Operations at Thomas-Grace Construction wrote the day after an employe...
Workers' comp is a bargain with fine print
By Jon Hyman
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...