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Your business needs an employment lawyer. Here's how to find the right one (and when to call).
Most businesses don't think about hiring an employment lawyer until something goes wrong. An employee threatens to sue. The EEOC sends a...
Your VP is not exempt from your harassment policy
By Jon Hyman
"You might as well put your two weeks in." That's what a manager at Anthony Roofing Tecta America allegedly told an employee w...
The 10th nominee for the Worst Employer of 2026 is … The Folder Philanderer
By Jon Hyman
An office manager finds a sex contract in a folder on her desk. The COO asks if she got it. She refuses to discuss it. He fires her. That...
WIRTW #817 (the 'grace' edition)
By Jon Hyman
Grace is earned, not owed. On election night, Ohio's governor-elect reportedly let a phone call from her opponent go to voicemail. Vivek...
A general release is just that
By Jon Hyman
"Quite simply, full means full and any means any." That's a federal judge explaining to a plaintiff the meaning of a general r...
The most expensive thing on this brewery's menu? Retaliation.
By Jon Hyman
Notch 8 Brewery's owner told a bartender he would not tolerate her "backdoor" conversations with coworkers. The NLRB just said...
Your noncompete is only as good as the document it lives in.
By Jon Hyman
A proposed class action against Ashley Furniture alleges the company buried a noncompete in its handbook-style "Culture Guide" and...