Bricker & Eckler’s annual “Hot Topics” seminar is going virtual this year! This series provides human resources professionals and in-house attorneys with insight into ongoing and emerging labor and employment issues.
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10/6/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Regulations ,
Medical Leave ,
Paid Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Leave ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Virus Testing ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
On September 8, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published updated guidance on complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) amidst the return to work effort during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
9/21/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Risk Management ,
Screening Procedures ,
Workplace Safety
In a 4-3 decision the Ohio Supreme Court recently held that the privacy of an at-will employee is not invaded when the employee is required to produce a urine sample while being monitored by a same-sex employer representative...more
On July 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) advised state unemployment insurance administrators that workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and then refuse work that would unreasonably expose them to the virus...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it will extend the deadline for employers to file their 2019 EEO-1 report to March 2021....more
5/18/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
In response to COVID-19 and its economic consequences, the state and federal governments have expanded unemployment insurance funding and coverage. ...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) into law, authorizing $2 trillion in aid in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The CARES Act provides...more
Updated: March 20, 2020 at 4:25 p.m.
Late in the evening on March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) into law. The FFCRA takes effect on April 2, 2020, and the paid family...more
Updated: March 23, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. -
On March 15, 2020, Ohio Governor DeWine announced a number of measures that may assist employers that are facing decisions about workforce reductions affected by the COVID-19...more
In Logan v. MGM Grand Detroit Casino, released September 25, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which hears appeals from the federal district courts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, held...more
On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule revising the overtime exemptions that cover employees designated as executive, administrative and professional – the so-called...more
9/28/2019
/ Bonuses ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Sales Commissions ,
Standard Duties Test ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Governor Mike DeWine recently signed Senate Bill (S.B.) 57 into law, paving the way for the hemp industry to become one of Ohio’s agricultural yields. Industrial hemp comes from cannabis plants that contain no more than 0.3...more
8/6/2019
/ Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Cannabis Products ,
Employment Policies ,
Farm Bill ,
Hemp ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Care Products ,
School Districts ,
State and Local Government
On July 3, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified the legal framework in which an employer can anticipatorily withdraw its recognition from the union. Under well-established NLRB precedent, an employer could...more
7/29/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Johnson Controls ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions ,
Withdrawal
JPMorgan Chase recently announced that it reached a tentative settlement in a class action suit by male employees who claim they were denied equal parental leave to bond with newborns.
...more
Ohio is in for some turbulence as it enters the world of legalized cannabis. The state’s medical marijuana program was to be fully implemented by September 8, 2018. ...more
9/7/2018
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Screening Procedures ,
State and Local Government ,
Workplace Safety