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President Biden’s proposed 2025 federal budget offers a lot for employers to chew on
By Jon Hyman
If you want to learn about a government's priorities, trace the money. President Biden's proposed federal budget for FY 2025 contai...
The No Robot Bosses Act
By Jon Hyman
"I, for one, welcome our robot overlords." 🙃 Consider this scenario. "You're a delivery driver and your employer's t...
Relaxing child labor protections is not the solution to our labor problem
By Jon Hyman
Ohio's Senate recently passed legislation that, if signed into law, would make it easier for businesses to employ 14- and 15-year-old ch...
Ohio decides arming teachers is the solution to mass shootings in schools; Ohio is very wrong
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a new law that will lower the training hours school personnel to be armed from about 700 hours t...
Coronavirus Update 12-2-2021: Repeat after me — anti-vax legislation WILL NOT fix workforce shortages
By Jon Hyman
Meet Rep. Al Cutrona , a first-term member of Ohio's House of Representatives, and a Republican who describes himself as "Pro-Const...
No foolin': the most meaningful changes to Ohio's employment discrimination law take effect in two weeks
By Jon Hyman
Two weeks from today, H.B. 352 takes effect and brings the most significant changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination statute since it...
H.B. 352 finally fixes Ohio’s broken employment discrimination statute for employers
By Jon Hyman
For lack of more artful description, Ohio's employment discrimination law was a mess. It exposed employers to claims for up to six years...
If at first you don’t succeed … Ohio will again try to fix its broken employment discrimination law
By Jon Hyman
For lack of more artful description, Ohio’s employment discrimination law is an awful mess. Among other problems, it exposes employers t...
Proposed law wants to convert “anti-vaxxer” into a protected class
By Jon Hyman
With a couple of important exceptions, an employer can require that employees be up to date on their vaccinations. The exceptions? ...
Is joint employment the issue that unites our divided government?
By Jon Hyman
I cannot recall a time when our government has been more divided across ideological and party lines. (I don’t count the early 1860s, becau...
Ohio looks to put enforcement muscle behind workplace concealed carry law
By Jon Hyman
It’s been six months since Ohio made it illegal for employers to prohibit employees (or anyone else for that matter) from storing a firea...
Ohio again tries to restore sanity to its bonkers employment discrimination law
By Jon Hyman
It was almost one year ago to the day that I penned, Now is the time to restore balance to Ohio’s employment discrimination law: Endorsin...
Why it doesn’t matter that Ohio’s concealed-carry law removed its discrimination protections
By Jon Hyman
We are going to begin 2017 near where we brought 2016 to a close—gun-owner protections. Shortly before the end of Ohio’s 131st legislati...
Ohio set to maintain stable statewide minimum wage
By Jon Hyman
A bill is on its way to Governor Kasich’s desk for signature that would prohibit any municipality or other political subdivision from ...
Ohio set to elevate gun ownership to a protected employment class #TerribleIdea
By Jon Hyman
How do you get conservative lawmakers to agree to add a protected class to an employment discrimination law? Focus on protecting on gun ow...
$15 minimum wage is unconstitutional, says Ohio Attorney General
By Jon Hyman
The drive to push local minimum wags in Ohio municipalities to $15 an hour may have hit a significant snag—Ohio’s Constitution. According...
Amended medical marijuana bill offers employers higher protections
By Jon Hyman
Last month, I reported on the introduction of Ohio House Bill 523 , which would legalize medical marijuana in Ohio. I suggested that the b...
Ohio introduces employee background check legislation
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a busy couple of months for employers, keeping up with the employment-related legislation popping up in Columbus. First, we had ...
Are you ready for medical marijuana?
By Jon Hyman
Sooner rather than later, medical marijuana will be a reality in Ohio. Currently, there are three separate efforts to enact this law: two b...