If you make employees show up early, you might have to pay them to wait
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...
WIRTW #813 (the 'isn't it ironic' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Somewhere, George Orwell is shaking his head. This week, a Florida school board voted to remove a graphic-novel adaptation of 1984 from a sc...
A supervisor isn't always a "supervisor" when it comes to sexual harassment
By Jon Hyman
Consider this workplace hypothetical. Bob manages Department A. He can hire, fire, discipline, and promote employees in Department A. Jane w...
"4x per month for 1 day" is a lawsuit written in shorthand.
By Jon Hyman
An employee's FMLA certification says she may need intermittent leave "4x per month for 1 day." She's never missed more th...
Manchester City, one phishing email, and 114 reasons to train your employees
By Jon Hyman
One email. One click. And, nearly a decade later, 114 guilty verdicts. The Manchester City financial scandal started with something far less...