One of the lasting lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic for businesses is our broken state unemployment systems. State governments have paid out...

Late last week, President Biden signaled that part of his overall plan to provide economic relief for American families and businesses amid ...

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As the debate over the meaning of "joint employer" continues to rage at both the NLRB and in the federal courts , Ohio has jumped...

This is the question posed by Ohio House Bill 704 . Let's be clear. This law, if enacted, would not require drug testing as a condit...

I ain’t gonna do you wrong while you’re gone Ain’t gonna do you wrong ‘cause I don’t wanna All I’m askin’ Is for a little respect – Ar...

Since we’ve gone serious the last two days, I thought we’d go with the less-serious today. Watch this video , and then let’s talk.

Last week, in Berrington v. Wal-Mart , the 6th Circuit considered the issue of whether a company could be liable for refusing to hire someon...

As an advocate for businesses, you might assume that I stand behind an employer’s decision to challenge an ex-employee’s claim for unemploym...

In Fulton v. ODJFS (11/3/11) [pdf] , the employee argued that he was entitled to recover unemployment compensation because his employer fai...

There have been a lot of bad bets made over time. For example, two years ago I bet on the World Series and, after the Phillies lost, had to...

Hallmark—the purveyor of greeting cards for occasions such as miscarriages and cancer —has tapped into a new market with a line of cards fo...

Schadenfreude is a German word meaning, "happiness in the misfortune of others." I'm certain a feeling of schadenfreude has s...

It has long been accepted that our discriminations laws do not set forth "a general civility code for the American workplace." ( ...

Unemployment cases do not usually grab my attention. Continental Airlines v. Peters , however, did. April Peters was a flight attendant for...