Coronavirus Update 3-26-2020: A coronavirus Q&A and the DOL’s FFCRA notice (with a big ol’ typo)
Yesterday I held my first Zoominar. (Is this an actual word, or did I just make it up?) I opened up my Zoom room for the first 100 people to...
Coronavirus Update 3-25-2020 number 2: Someone needs to tell the DOL that 15 days from March 18 is April 2, NOT April 1
By Jon Hyman
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act has an effective no later than 15 days after President Trump signed it. He signed in late in the...
Coronavirus Update 3-25-2020: The 5th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the coronavirus stimulus snatcher
By Jon Hyman
Can we just close the poll now and announce today’s nominee the winner? If anyone can verify the identity of this employer I’d love to kno...
Coronavirus Update 3-24-2020 (number 2): I’ll be chatting all things coronavirus tomorrow, Mar. 25, from 12 - 1 ET
By Jon Hyman
There are so many questions about all things coronavirus and workplace, I thought I’d try something new for all of my valued readers. Tomo...
Coronavirus Update 3-24-2020: Layoffs, furloughs, and group health insurance
By Jon Hyman
The question I’ve received the most in the past week is the difference between a layoff and a furlough. Both are reductions in force cause...
Coronavirus Update 3-23-2020: Frequently Asked Questions about Ohio’s “Stay at Home” Order
By Jon Hyman
Effective Monday, March 23, 2020, at 11:59 pm, and continuing through at least April 6, the State of Ohio, via an order of Dr. Amy Acton, ...
Coronavirus Update 3-21-2020: Treasury, IRS and Labor announce plan to implement Coronavirus-related paid leave for workers and tax credits for businesses
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the IRS announced impending regulations that will help covered businesses navigat...
Coronavirus Update 3-20-2020: How are you feeding your soul?
By Jon Hyman
What did you do to feed your soul this week? I’ve been sheltered at home with my family. We’ve decided to self-quarantine because our 11-yea...
Coronavirus Update 3-19-2020: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is law
By Jon Hyman
Five days. That’s all it took for both parties in both houses of Congress to work together, along with the White House and President Tru...
BREAKING NEWS: Senate passes Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By Jon Hyman
This afternoon , by a margin of 90 - 8, the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act . It will now go to President Trump f...
Coronavirus Update 3-18-2020: “Gag and vote for it anyway,” and an EEOC update
By Jon Hyman
It looks like the Families First Coronavirus Response Act is one step closer to becoming law … just not quite yet. During a lunch meet...
Coronavirus Update 3-17-2020: House guts the Families First Coronavirus Response Act before sending it to the Senate
By Jon Hyman
For the time being, I have rebranded the Ohio Employer Law Blog as the Coronavirus Law Blog . I’ll be using this space to offer daily upd...
Answering the six questions I’ve received most about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By Jon Hyman
In the past 48 hours, I’ve received a lot of emails and other correspondence asking questions about the Families First Coronavirus Respo...
BREAKING: House passes broad coronavirus stimulus and relief package, including paid sick and family leave
By Jon Hyman
It’s been 12 days since I asked if coronavirus the thing that will finally make paid family and sick leave a national reality . Twelve day...
WIRTW #591 (the “new (ab)normal” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This has been one strange and disorienting week. I haven’t felt this disjointed since 9/11. No basketball ( pro or college ). No hock...
A thank you and a mission statement
By Jon Hyman
Tomorrow, I was to receive my award from the Cleveland-area chapter of the National Association of Social Workers as its Public Citizen o...
6th Circuit gives employers relief on the evidence employees must present to prove off-the-clock work
By Jon Hyman
The difficulty in defending certain wage-and-hour cases is that employers are often asked to prove a negative. “I worked __ number of hour...
Coronavirus resource update 🦠😷
By Jon Hyman
As Ohio recorded its first three official coronavirus cases, I thought now is as good a time as any to share some COVID-19 resources I recen...
Is an employee entitled to FMLA leave to care for the children of a family member with coronavirus?
By Jon Hyman
Among other qualifying reasons, the FMLA allows an eligible employee to take 12 weeks of annual unpaid leave to care for a family member w...
WIRTW #590 (the “win some, lose some” edition)
By Jon Hyman
Life is often about competition. For example, I litigate for a living. Trials have winners and losers. We also compete for jobs, for college...