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Posted by Sara Jodka | Jan 25, 2021 | Human Resources, Labor and Employment, Sara Jodka
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed the employer-friendly Employment Law Uniformity Act (HB 352) (the Act) into law. The law, which will go into effect on April 12, 2021, will apply to all future discrimination claims filed on...
Read MorePosted by Sara Jodka | Jan 4, 2021 | Human Resources, Uncategorized
Given the huge uptick in telemedicine as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance (Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-8) that makes it clear to employers that an employee’s telehealth...
Read MorePosted by Sara Jodka | Dec 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, Department of Labor, Human Resources, Labor and Employment, Sara Jodka
There were rumors that with the new stimulus deal that Congress would extend FFCRA leave, but that turned out to be fake news. Upon reviewing House Speaker Pelosi’s press release discussing the stimulus deal it became clear that...
Read MorePosted by Sara Jodka | Dec 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, Employment Law, Human Resources, Labor and Employment, Sara Jodka
With the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine for mass consumption, we hypothesized in our piece titled “Can Employers Make Employees Get the COVID-19 Vaccine,” that employers would be able to require employees to get the vaccine...
Read MorePosted by Sara Jodka | Dec 9, 2020 | Coronavirus, EEOC, Human Resources, Labor and Employment, Sara Jodka
With two COVID-19 vaccines set to receive federal approval in the United States in the upcoming weeks, the next question is whether employers can make employees receive the vaccine. The short answer is…yes. And while the typical...
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