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Coronavirus Update 6–10–2020: President Trump signs Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, extending PPP loan forgiveness

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 By Jon Hyman

The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 , which President Trump signed into law on June 5, makes several key business-friend...

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Coronavirus Update 6–9–2020: Northeast Ohio restaurants sue to block reopening guidelines

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 By Jon Hyman

What is a state's ability to regulate businesses during a pandemic? This question is one that will be answered in a lawsuit filed yester...

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Coronavirus Update 6–8–2020: “I was terminated for refusing to wear a ‘Trump 2020’ face mask."

Monday, June 8, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Ohio requires that all employees wear face masks or other face coverings as a condition to any business reopening that ( subject to a few li...

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Coronavirus Update 6–5–2020: Cleveland is not the “butthole of the world"

Friday, June 5, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Earlier this week, Frank Jackson, Cleveland's four-term mayor, said that "Cleveland's perceived to be the butthole of the world...

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Coronavirus Update 6–4–2020: Can you force employees who participate in George Floyd protests to quarantine without pay?

Thursday, June 4, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Yesterday I discussed the legalities of placing on an unpaid leave of absence employees who engaging in leisure mass gatherings outside of ...

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Coronavirus Update 6–3–2020: Do “Lake of the Ozarks” employees sent home from work qualify for paid sick leave under the FFCRA?

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Last week I discussed how to handle employees who are not social distancing outside of work. My thoughts were spurred by videos of employee...

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Coronavirus Update 6–2–2020: Justice Department indicts employee for COVID-19 workplace fraud

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 By Jon Hyman

In mid-April the FBI warned employers to be on the lookout for fake COVID-19 diagnoses, doctors' notes, and other coronavirus-related d...

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I am at a loss for words…

Monday, June 1, 2020 By Jon Hyman

I cannot ignore the appalling tragedies we experienced over the past week, first through the murder of George Floyd, and then through the ri...

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Coronavirus Update 5-29-2020: Friday olio — an A+ set of reopening guidelines, a webinar, and a playlist

Friday, May 29, 2020 By Jon Hyman

A few shares for your Friday.  First, on Wednesday the CDC published sweeping recommendations for reopening office buildings . According to ...

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Coronavirus Update 5-28-2020: Is your business ready for the COVID-19 golden age of union organizing?

Thursday, May 28, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Among the many lessons we will learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is its demonstration of the importance of union membership for essential wor...

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Coronavirus Update 5-27-2020: Is McDonald’s really a public nuisance?

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 By Jon Hyman

As I've written in the past , it's difficult bordering on impossible for an employee to sue their employer based on an alleged COVID...

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Coronavirus Update 5-26-2020: When an employee isn’t social distancing outside of work

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 By Jon Hyman

How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend? Mine was way more mundane than years past. I watched my nephew receive his high school diploma ...

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Coronavirus Update 5-22-2020: We really don’t want our employees being “Tisons"

Friday, May 22, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Social media is congratulating Tison, a Costco employee who turned away an angry customer who refused to wear a mask, a condition required b...

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Coronavirus Update 5-21-2020: Ohio judge grants Pyrrhic victory to gyms closed by Stay at Home Order

Thursday, May 21, 2020 By Jon Hyman

The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law  sued the State of Ohio on behalf of 35 gyms forced to close because of Ohio's Stay of Home Order...

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Coronavirus Update 5-20-2020: Governor DeWine’s “Ohioans Protecting Ohioans” advisory is a colossal miscalculation

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 By Jon Hyman

This past weekend offered a perfect coronavirus storm in Ohio. The weather on Saturday was postcard-perfect, and restaurant and bar patios w...

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Coronavirus Update 5-19-2020: Lawsuit highlights risk of businesses not reopening safely and correctly

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 By Jon Hyman

An employee has sued a Utah protein bar company after she contracted COVID-19. She claims that she became ill because her employer ignored h...

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Coronavirus Update 5-18-2020: House proposes significant expansions to FFCRA paid leave

Monday, May 18, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Late Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, H.R.6800 . Among...

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Coronavirus Update 5-15-2020: One that got away … and one that didn’t

Friday, May 15, 2020 By Jon Hyman

There's no such thing as bad publicity. Or at least that's how the saying goes.  Monday evening I received the following Twitter D...

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Coronavirus Update 5-14-2020: Workers’ Comp waivers aren’t just a bad idea, they are also almost certainly illegal

Thursday, May 14, 2020 By Jon Hyman

Consider this headline from the Las Vegas Review-Journal:  Restaurant, fearing coronavirus lawsuit, creates liability waiver . The article g...

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Coronavirus Update 5-13-2020: Workplace virus screening tools aren’t perfect, but they are at least part of a solution

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 By Jon Hyman

How do you protect your employees during a pandemic? This is the question this New York Times article asks. As states reopen and businesses...

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