If today's dysfunctionally fractured Congress can agree on anything on a bipartisan basis, it must be a good idea. Raise your glass to ...

If you want to learn about a government's priorities, trace the money.  President Biden's proposed federal budget for FY 2025 contai...

"I, for one, welcome our robot overlords." 🙃 Consider this scenario. "You're a delivery driver and your employer's t...

Ohio's Senate recently passed legislation that, if signed into law, would make it easier for businesses to employ 14- and 15-year-old ch...

Yesterday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a new law that will lower the training hours school personnel to be armed from about 700 hours t...

Meet Rep. Al Cutrona , a first-term member of Ohio's House of Representatives, and a Republican who describes himself as "Pro-Const...

Two weeks from today, H.B. 352 takes effect and brings the most significant changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination statute since it...

For lack of more artful description, Ohio's employment discrimination law was a mess. It exposed employers to claims for up to six years...

For lack of more artful description, Ohio’s employment discrimination law is an awful mess. Among other problems, it exposes employers t...

With a couple of important exceptions, an employer can require that employees be up to date on their vaccinations. The exceptions?    ...

I cannot recall a time when our government has been more divided across ideological and party lines. (I don’t count the early 1860s, becau...

It’s been six months since Ohio made it illegal for employers to prohibit employees (or anyone else for that matter) from storing a firea...

It was almost one year ago to the day that I penned,  Now is the time to restore balance to Ohio’s employment discrimination law: Endorsin...

We are going to begin 2017 near where we brought 2016 to a close—gun-owner protections. Shortly before the end of Ohio’s 131st legislati...

A bill is on its way to Governor Kasich’s desk for signature that would prohibit any municipality or other political subdivision from ...

Last week, I reported on Ohio Senate Bill 199 / Sub. House Bill 48 , which would have elevated “concealed handgun licensure” to a protect...

How do you get conservative lawmakers to agree to add a protected class to an employment discrimination law? Focus on protecting on gun ow...

The drive to push local minimum wags in Ohio municipalities to $15 an hour may have hit a significant snag—Ohio’s Constitution. According...

Last month, I reported on the introduction of Ohio House Bill 523 , which would legalize medical marijuana in Ohio. I suggested that the b...

It’s been a busy couple of months for employers, keeping up with the employment-related legislation popping up in Columbus. First, we had ...