Ohio makes significant changes to its mini-COBRA law, effective April 1, 2009
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...