Do you know? A company cannot represent itself in an Ohio court
In the April 9 New York Times , Jonathan Glater reported that more and more people are turning to self-representation during the current eco...
Ohio Senate seeks to ban use of credit in employment decisions
By Jon Hyman
There is little doubt that the current economic crisis has caused havoc on a lot of good intentioned people’s credit scores. During the good...
WIRTW #75
By Jon Hyman
The employment law story of the week is courtesy of Overlawyered and OnPoint . The Poplar Bluff, Missouri, library has agreed to pay a form...
Ohio makes significant changes to its mini-COBRA law, effective April 1, 2009
By Jon Hyman
More ink has been spilled about COBRA in the past two months than was written about it in total since its passage in 1985. And, the hits kee...
EEOC settlement highlights red flags for English-only policies
By Jon Hyman
The EEOC announced that it settled a national origin discrimination claim against a California nursing home company for $450,000. The lawsu...
The worst television show ever? FOX to air corporate layoffs
By Jon Hyman
From the network that brought us reality TV gems such as The Littlest Groom , Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire , and My Big, Fat, Obnoxious ...
Do you know? Employees have no right to access to personnel files
By Jon Hyman
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...
Guarding against defamation liability
By Jon Hyman
Courtesy of my friends at PointofLaw.com is the story of the dangers that lurk when distributing information about an employee’s terminatio...
WIRTW #74
By Jon Hyman
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...
Preparing for the golden age of labor and employment law
By Jon Hyman
As an employment lawyer, my practice has a lot of different aspects. I’m a counselor, helping clients tame workplace issues before they beco...
Announcing the next KJK Breakfast Briefing: How to Stay Union Free in a Union-Friendly World
By Jon Hyman
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...
Errata: Ohio does prohibit cost-shifting for pre-employment medical exams
By Jon Hyman
Famed columnist William Safire once said, “Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.” I hope he’s right, because I feel p...
Do you know? Legal risks in considering cancer survivors for employment
By Jon Hyman
Cancer survivors are 37% more likely to be unemployed than their healthy counterparts. ( See Cancer Survivors Struggle to Find Jobs, Study F...
More on laying off the protected
By Jon Hyman
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...
WIRTW #73
By Jon Hyman
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...
Think before having employees sign that arbitration agreement
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett , which enforced a provision in a collective-bargaining agreement ...
Poor communication of layoffs raises significant risks
By Jon Hyman
According to CNN , French workers are holding management hostage over their refusal to negotiate severance: Hundreds of French workers,...
Do you know? Charging for pre-employment medical exam
By Jon Hyman
The Americans with Disabilities Act sets limits on when and how employers can ask applicants or employees medical questions. At the pre-empl...
How to layoff the protected
By Jon Hyman
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...
WIRTW #72
By Jon Hyman
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 ...