There is no law in Ohio that requires an employer to grant an employee access to his or her personnel file. There are, however, two key exce...

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Courtesy of my friends at PointofLaw.com is the story of the dangers that lurk when distributing information about an employee’s terminatio...

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Yay! I’m number 71, alphabetically, on the Delaware Employment Law Blog ’s list of the top 100 employment law blogs. Seriously, this list is...

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As an employment lawyer, my practice has a lot of different aspects. I’m a counselor, helping clients tame workplace issues before they beco...

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Join KJK’s Labor & Employment attorneys to learn How to Stay Union Free in a Union-Friendly World . Capitol Hill is gearing up for one o...

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Famed columnist William Safire once said, “Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.” I hope he’s right, because I feel p...

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Cancer survivors are 37% more likely to be unemployed than their healthy counterparts. ( See Cancer Survivors Struggle to Find Jobs, Study F...

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Last month I provided some tips on how to properly layoff employees who happen to fall into a protected class . Last week, in Bell v. Prefix...

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After last week’s glut of posts on the Employee Free Choice Act, I bring you this week’s EFCA-free WIRTW. This week the Supreme Court held...

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett , which enforced a provision in a collective-bargaining agreement ...

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According to CNN , French workers are holding management hostage over their refusal to negotiate severance: Hundreds of French workers,...

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The Americans with Disabilities Act sets limits on when and how employers can ask applicants or employees medical questions. At the pre-empl...

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Sunday’s New York Times ran an articles called When the Stork Carries a Pink Slip . It makes the point that there is nothing illegal about i...

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I’ve never been a huge fan of Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania’s senior Senator. When I was a junior in high school, I participated Presidential ...

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As I’ve previously reported, the federal stimulus bill, enacted last month, requires employers to provide a 65% subsidy of COBRA premiums f...

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You may have noticed that I write a lot about wage and hour issues. I do so because it’s an issue that often gets even well-intentioned busi...

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Do you know? Lost of opportunities exist for employees to train, take educational classes, or otherwise better themselves – inside classes, ...

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Wal-Mart has labeled today “Associate Celebration Day,” in honor of its announcement of $2 billion in financial bonuses and other awards to ...

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The big news of the week is the continued fallout from AIG’s bonus payments. Since Connecticut law governs the legality of whether AIG was r...

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I spent my summer between high school and college unloading trucks in a fabric warehouse. During my first week of work, one of my co-workers...

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Sometimes information just moves quickly to keep up with. The Department of Labor has just published the new COBRA notices, making my post o...

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As I’ve previously reported, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, commonly known as President Obama’s economic stimulus bill...

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Maternity leave is one of the most misunderstood employment law issues for businesses. Two laws generally govern workplace maternity leave. ...

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Do you know? Many companies are turning to mandatory work furloughs or reduced work schedules as creative ways to save wages without having ...

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When I attended Binghamton University, nee SUNY-Binghamton, in the early 90s, it’s sports programs were Division III. It was small-time, no ...

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On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats introduced the Employee Free Choice Act in both Houses of Congress. This legislation will present the m...

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Has your company laid off or fired anyone recently? Have you recently been sued for discrimination? According to numbers to be published by ...

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Do you know? While the 2nd Amendment famously guarantees the  right to bear arms, Ohio law protects the right of employers to prohibit weapo...

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Dan Leone was a lifelong fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. One could  only imagine that when his favorite team hired him as a game-day stadium...

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A few months ago I wrote on the lack of clarity under Ohio law on the rights of breastfeeding rights of moms at work . This week, the Ohio S...

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Social networking (whether blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or the myriad other available options) remains a hot topic for HR departme...

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ShopFloor.org , the blog of the National Association of Manufacturers, is reporting that the Employee Free Choice Act will be introduced ne...

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