Consider finding a new job with a company: On your first day, the company explains that it will invest a significant amount of time and resources in training you. In return, the company expects you to sign a training repayment agreement. If you leave before three years, you owe the company repayment for the cost of training. Makes sense. However ...
By: Michelle D. Wyrick
In September, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed four lawsuits against employers for alleged violations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with limitations due ...
By: Emma M. Weintraub
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings limiting race-conscious policies, there has been a marked rise in the number of reverse discrimination employment cases. Consequently, district and appellate courts have been grappling with the question of how to evaluate employment discrimination claims when an ...
The Supreme Court of the United States opened up the new term on October 7, 2024. The Court is currently slated to address 40 cases this term. Oral arguments will be heard for nine cases in October and an additional seven in November. Decisions are expected to start rolling out as soon as June 2025. We will be paying close attention to the cases most ...
By: Matthew L. Bunnell
A proposed class action[1] brought by nurses, doctors, and medical assistants accusing the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”) of wielding its market power to suppress the labor market through noncompete agreements and blacklists has picked up support from the United States Department of Justice ...
What You Need to Know About Violation of Specific Safety Requirement (VSSR) Penalties in Ohio
Ohio employers have a duty to provide their employees with a workplace that is free from known dangers that could harm employees. Unfortunately, injuries can and do happen, even in safe workplaces. When employers think about workplace safety and ...
Dogs seem to be everywhere you go these days: whether it’s an outdoor restaurant, the hardware store, or your local brewery. While many may wish it were true, employers are not obligated to allow employees to bring an emotional support animal to work.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), a service animal is a dog trained to work ...
By: Glen W. Krebs
The Biden Administration announced the Keeping Families Together (“KFT”) parole in place program in June of 2024. The KFT program allows undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. Citizens who entered the U.S. without admission and have been in the U.S. continually for 10 or more years to obtain permanent residency ...
Employers are governed not only by federal wage and hour, discrimination, leave, and other such laws, but also by a patchwork of state and local employment laws. In our experience, employers are often unaware of state and local employment law changes until after the fact.
As an example, Michigan passed the Earned Sick Time Act in 2018, but before ...
In a blink of an eye, summer is over and people everywhere are planning on changes in weather and time. Just a few short weeks ago, we were reminding you about considerations for the summer employment hours for minors. Now that school is fully back in session for high schoolers, employers need to make sure their teenage employees scale back on their ...