"Can I bring my dog to work?" Emotional support animals and the ADA
A firefighter with PTSD asks to bring his dog to work as a reasonable accommodation. The dog helps calm him. His psychologist supports the r...
WIRTW #812 (the 'shiny and new' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Nineteen years in, I repainted the walls. Your handbook needs the same. Your brain is built to notice what's new. That's not a flaw....
Some things should be left unseen
By Jon Hyman
"In the workplace, the law requires that some things be left unseen." That's the 6th Circuit , in a retaliation case that star...
Bostock does not come with an asterisk
By Jon Hyman
Bostock says what it says. LGBTQ+ discrimination is sex discrimination under Title VII. Period. A federal judge in Atlanta, however, just re...
Man City's 35 counts, and why the cover-up is always worse than the crime
By Jon Hyman
There are 35 things your workplace does not want to have in common with the Premier League's investigation of Manchester City. That'...
Harassment prevention can't stop at the boardroom
By Jon Hyman
Timothy Ryan didn't just harass women at Davis Cartage Co. He used the company's own surveillance cameras to do it — allegedly zoomi...
WIRTW #811 (the 'uni' edition)
By Jon Hyman
What's the last thing you wanted more than anything else in the world? Not a promotion. Not a raise. Not even a Guardians World Series p...