"This is a business, not a place to act in a way that disrupts coworkers or makes them feel unsafe…." Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at on his company's corporate blog. For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or Do you like what you read? Receive updates two different ways: Please connect with me on ..read more

There's more than one way to skin a cat … or at least that's what many employers are hoping. Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or we sent out this morning. Do you like what you read? Receive updates two different ways: Please connect with me on ..read more

I spent a few great days speaking (on how to craft a harassment-free craft brewery); seeing old friends and making new ones (I love my craft beer tribe); networking with brewers and other industry professionals (at the  lounge my firm co-sponsored and at nighttime events at breweries around town); eating (the fried chicken at Yardbird in the Venetian is better than advertised, and they advertise it as the best in the country); and, yes, drinking (mostly within moderation; CBC is a marathon, not a sprint). I also spent an evening supporting an incredibly worthy cause. Wild West Access Fund ..read more

"Sex-based harassment includes harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity, including … repeated and intentional use of a name or pronoun inconsistent with the individual’s known gender identity … or the denial of access to a bathroom or other sex-segregated facility consistent with the individual’s gender identity." Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace disagrees. She voted against the final guidance. She that the bathroom guidance is an "assault on women's sex-based privacy and safety," and ..read more

An attorney celebrates a paralegal's 50th birthday by decorating her office party with a wheelchair, fake pill bottles, and adult diapers. (Get it? She's "old.") Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or Do you like what you read? Receive updates two different ways: Please connect with me on ..read more

"When used responsibly, AI has the potential to help improve compliance with the law. Without proper human supervision, however, these technologies can pose potential risks to workers … and may result in violations of the law…."  Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or The DOL highlights many potential legal pitfalls for employers that rely on AI to manage how their employees are paid and to track their attendance and leaves of absence. Do you like what you read? Receive updates two different ways: Pl ..read more

, founder, front person, and lead singer of For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or , and the adjacent photo was taken just after that conversation.  is an established, working musician, and Rhett is making good on his promise. He's coming back to town to play a solo gig at the  . To make a long story short, when the club announced the gig, Norah reached out to Rhett to ask about opening for him; on May 19 she'll be doing just that. Please connect with me on , and everywhere else you get your podcasts.  As for me, I'll be front and center at Music Box on May 19, s ..read more

One bourbon, one union election, and one bargaining order … is what an Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at last week. The judge held that the distillery violated federal labor law by undermining its employees' unionization efforts and ordered the distillery to bargain with its employees as their remedy. For more information, contact Jon at (440) 695-8044 or Do you like what you read? Receive updates two different ways: Please connect with me on ..read more

From this point forward, if an employee needs an unpaid leave of absence to obtain and recover from an abortion, you better give it her. I realize this topic is divisive, but this issue is no longer subject to debate. Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act . Pre-publication, agency considered 94,000 comments urging it either to exclude or include "abortion" from the Act's definition of "pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions." The EEOC chose the latter. Here's why. For more informa ..read more

, the Supreme Court held that an employee alleging a discriminatory job transfer need not show the suffering of a "materially significant" disadvantage. Instead, the employee need only show "some injury respecting her employment terms or conditions." The case involved a police sergeant forced to transfer out of her position in the department's intelligence division. The employer claimed that she could not establish a Title VII volitation because the transfer did not result in a diminution of her pay.  Written by Jon Hyman, a partner in the Employment & Labor practice at For more infor ..read more