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If you google “brewery harassment” you’ll polish off an entire six-pack before you finish reading all of the horror stories. 🤮 “Breweries...
Just because something isn’t “illegal” doesn’t mean it’s acceptable
By Jon Hyman
“This is very basic, elementary communication. This has nothing to do with training or understanding, this is daily required functioning.” T...
These 6 steps will help keep you out of sexual harassment hot water
By Jon Hyman
A teenage, female restaurant employee bends over to pick something up and a male co-worker snaps a photo of her buttocks and then shares it ...
WIRTW #702: the “conference” edition
By Jon Hyman
I don't just go to beer conferences to drink beer. I promise. I also go to speak and share my knowledge about the legal issues that impa...
Hiring undocumented workers
By Jon Hyman
"Illegal immigrant co-worker got fired for asking about her check." That's the headline on Reddit . Here's the rest of th...
WIRTW #701: the “last dance” edition
By Jon Hyman
My daughter, Norah, has been chosen as one of 30 acts to compete in the 2024 Tri-C High School Rock Off at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame....
The 1st nominee for the Worst Employer of 2024 is … the S&M CEO
By Jon Hyman
I've seen a lot of strange stuff in my 26-plus-year career as an attorney for employers. But this story takes the cake … and it might ju...
8 ways to spot a crook inside your business
By Jon Hyman
Between Sept. 2021 and Oct. 2022, Lyle Bigelow, the now-former COO of 1487 Brewery, embezzled approximately $200,000 from his employer. How?...
Pro-employee vs. Pro-union
By Jon Hyman
"You can't be pro-employee and anti-union." "If you're pro-employee you should also be pro-union." Each of these...
WIRTW #700: the “Rock Off” edition
By Jon Hyman
For the past 26 years, Live Nation Entertained has crowned "The Best Band in the Land" at the Tri-C High School Rock Off . This ye...
THIS is how you respond to a group of employees organizing and forming a labor union
By Jon Hyman
Competitive salary. Excellent benefits. Great support from management. Collaborative environment. Those are a few of the glowing terms revie...
Discussing a couple of pay deductions for service-industry employees
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following two policies, which restaurants and bars have implemented to save a few nickels against their tight margins: “Effec...
’Twas the Employment Law Night Before Christmas (2023 edition)
By Jon Hyman
In what has become an annual tradition for my final post of the year, I bring you the holiday classic, 'Twas the Employment Law Night B...
Announcing 2023’s Worst Employer
By Jon Hyman
The votes have been counted. The WINNER of The Worst Employer of 2023 is... 🏆 The Child Labor Abuser 🏆
This is what it looks like to kick a business while it’s down
By Jon Hyman
Last week, Corky & Lenny's, a deli that has been a local institution for the past 67 years, closed its doors . The owners cited staf...
Denying gender-affirming health care to transgender employees is unlawful discrimination
By Jon Hyman
Morgan Mesi, a transgender man, has just sued his former employer, Tenzing Wine & Spirits, along with his labor union and group health ...
WIRTW #699: the “Mackrell” edition
By Jon Hyman
One of my primary business development goals for 2023 was for Wickens Herzer Panza to join a law firm network. Mission accomplished! WHP is...
Coincidence ≠ causation
By Jon Hyman
An employer terminates a group of 14 employees within six weeks after learning that they were discussing unionizing. Despite the timing of t...
WIRTW #698: the “heads will roll” edition
By Jon Hyman
It's not every day that John Oliver happens to feature one of your Worst Employer nominees the very same week that you open the polls t...
A lesson in how NOT to testify
By Jon Hyman
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik: Ms. Magill at Penn, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn's rules or code of conduct? Yes or...