August 5, 2016
December 1, 2016 is just months away and by all accounts not many businesses are evaluating their salaried employees to see if the new overtime exemption […]
May 19, 2016
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor published its final rule updating overtime regulations. The Rule focuses primarily on updating the salary levels required for […]
February 26, 2016
October of 2016 will mark the 10 year anniversary of the effective date of Senate Bill 7, which changed the definition of a workers’ compensation injury […]
February 11, 2016
When an employer is disputing a request for temporary total disability benefits in a workers’ compensation claim, it is always important to make sure that the […]
December 15, 2015
It would seem that if an employee cannot specifically recall when, or how, an injury occurred at work, he or she will not have a compensable […]
July 20, 2015
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an opinion ruling that sexual orientation discrimination on the job violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil […]
June 1, 2015
On June 1, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. No. 14-86. The Court reversed the decision […]
April 23, 2015
On January 22, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court discussed an injured worker’s eligibility for temporary total disability compensation after he quit his job on the same […]
March 27, 2015
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court discussed whether, and in what circumstances, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires an employer that provides work accommodations to […]