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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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Coronavirus Update 5-12-2020: You have every right to be a 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵, and we have every right to fire you for it

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 By Jon Hyman

" Covidiot : A person who acts like an irresponsible idiot during the Covid-19 pandemic, ignoring common sense, decency, science, and p...

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Management-side employment lawyer. Chair of Employment & Labor and Craft Beer practices at Wickens Herzer Panza.

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