Let’s try not to over-react to the breastfeeding discrimination case
Last month, I wrote that employers denying lactation rights to employees was not problem that needed remedial legislation. Wouldn’t you kno...
WIRTW #212 (the “something for nothing” edition)
By Jon Hyman
One of the benefits of hitting the road to speak as much as I do is all of the great people I meet. One of those people is Jessica Miller-Me...
What isn’t a “complaint” under the FLSA? An Ohio federal court weights in
By Jon Hyman
In Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics , the United States Supreme Court concluded that the anti-retaliation provision of the Fair L...
Another consideration in the high cost of wage and hour litigation: e-discovery
By Jon Hyman
I’ve written before about the high risks companies face from wage and hour class/collective lawsuits ( here’s one example ). Here’s another ...
The digital divide and disparate impact
By Jon Hyman
According to statistics recently published by Mashable , the digital divide—those who are connected to the Internet versus those who are not...
A pisser of an HR policy
By Jon Hyman
I’m a firm believer in good, sound, and comprehensive HR policies. They are necessary evil to establish the baseline expectations between a ...
WIRTW #211 (the “Vegas, baby!” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Are you attending next week’s Social Media Strategies Summit in Las Vegas (presented by GSMI )? Social Media Today recently rated it as o...
What does Groundhog Day teach us about federal courts?
By Jon Hyman
In the movie Groundhog Day , Bill Murray repeats February 2—over, and over, and over again—until he gets it right. In Sollitt v. Keycorp (6t...
10 thoughts for your mobile device policy
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent survey , there are 324.3M mobile devices in the United States. Let that number sink in. It equates to 1.025 mobile dev...
Social media background checks : off-duty conduct laws :: oil : water
By Jon Hyman
One report suggests that as many as 91% of employers use social networking sites to screen potential employees, with as many as 69% of emplo...
Trying to make sense of the NLRB’s lastest social media missive? Good luck!
By Jon Hyman
I’ve now had a few days to digest the NLRB’s latest foray into regulating social media in the workplace . I can sum up the NLRB’s report in ...
WIRTW #210 (the “organizing my life” edition)
By Jon Hyman
I live in a constant search for the perfect task organizer/to-do list. For the past several months, I’ve been using Toodledo , which is rob...
The word of the day is “systemic”
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC has published its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2012 – 2016 . A quick Ctrl-F for the word “systemic” reveals 16 different h...
BREAKING: NLRB issues 2nd report on social media as protected concerted activity
By Jon Hyman
I just received the following news release, via email, from the NLRB: To help provide further guidance to practitioners and human resou...
When office pranks attack
By Jon Hyman
Read these facts, from Slasinski v. Confirma, Inc. (6th Cir. 1/24/12) [pdf] , and I’ll be back to discuss: In July 2007, members of Co...
If employees had common sense, I’d be out of a job
By Jon Hyman
Last Thursday, I participated in the Social Workplace Twitter Chat (#SWchat), which covered social media policies. In response to a questio...
Do not forget to tell employees how you are calculating FMLA leave
By Jon Hyman
Two of the most popular post on this blog relate to how employers calculate their employees’ “annual” FMLA leave allotment: Determining...
WIRTW #209 (the “I am the greatest” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This week, we celebrated the 70th birthday of the greatest (and most entertaining?) athlete ever, Muhammed Ali: Here’s the rest of what I...
“Friending” co-workers depends on your level of organizational risk tolerance
By Jon Hyman
On Time Magazine ’s Moneyland Blog, Dan Schawbel asks the following questions: “Is it a bad idea to friend co-workers on Facebook? How abo...
Is it time to do away with McDonnell Douglas?
By Jon Hyman
For the unfamiliar, the McDonnell Douglas test is an evidentiary framework used in discrimination cases, which lack direct evidence of disc...