Don’t let anyone in the chain of hiring view candidates’ social media profiles. Train an employee who is insulated from the hiring process to do your social media searches.
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Articles by Jon Hyman
Employee Fired for Instagramming Paycheck. Is This Legal?
Employees have an absolute right to discuss with each other how much they make. It is illegal to have a policy that prohibits wage discussions, or to fire an employee for engaging in such discussions.
September 24, 2013Employees have an absolute right to discuss with each other how much they make. It is illegal to have a policy that prohibits wage discussions, or to fire an employee for engaging in such discussions.
Can an Employee Assume the Risk of Harassment?
No employee should have to deal with a sexually harassing workplace. But maybe those who choose to work for rappers Insane Clown Posse should forfeit the right to complain of sexually offensive content.
September 23, 2013No employee should have to deal with a sexually harassing workplace. But maybe those who choose to work for rappers Insane Clown Posse should forfeit the right to complain of sexually offensive content.
Labor Department Expands Wage and Hour Laws to Home Care Workers
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division extended minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act to home care workers.
September 18, 2013The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division extended minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act to home care workers.
When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go: The Right to Workplace Bathroom Breaks
Employers shouldn’t be the potty police. When an employee has to go, an employee has to go. Unless an employee seems to abusing bathroom rights, let employees be.
September 11, 2013Employers shouldn’t be the potty police. When an employee has to go, an employee has to go. Unless an employee seems to abusing bathroom rights, let employees be.
Who Owns Personal Email on an Employer-Issued Smartphone?
July 18, 2013Have a policy that spells out an employee’s reasonable lack-of-privacy expectations, but have a similar policy statement prohibiting employees from accessing the personal email or other Internet account of others.
A Reminder About Holiday Pay
In light of the upcoming holiday I thought it was a good idea to revisit an old post titled, '8 Things You Need to Know About Holiday Pay.'
July 3, 2013Tomorrow’s July 4th holiday is a paid day off for many American workers. Last year, I wrote a post titled, ‘8 Things You Need to Know About Holiday Pay.’ In light of tomorrow’s holiday, I thought it was a good idea to revisit that list.
Employee Medical Information and Social Media
Social media is informal and instantaneous. Employees often post before they think about the implications of what they are posting. A policy statement on this issue could save you a headache in a disability discrimination lawsuit down the road.
June 24, 2013Social media is informal and instantaneous. Employees often post before they think about the implications of what they are posting. A policy statement on this issue could save you a headache in a disability discrimination lawsuit down the road.
Title VII Does Not Give Employees the Right to Proselytize
June 21, 2013If you permit one employee to share his or her religious views in the workplace, you will have a difficult time disciplining or terminating another for the same reason. Employers and their employees should keep religion where it belongs—in the home and in places of worship.
Classification of Obesity as a Disease Has Huge Employment Law Implications
June 20, 2013Conventional wisdom has been that normal, run-of-the-mill obesity, unlinked to an underlying medical condition such as diabetes, is not a disability protected from discrimination by the Americans with Disabilities Act. This decision by the AMA, however, will likely flip that conventional wisdom on its head.
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