By Jon Hyman
Ever since the CDC amended its COVID-19 guidance to say that the fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks indoors, I've read myria...
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the CDC updated its Covid guidance to remove all masking and social distancing guidance for those of us who are fully vaccinated...
By Jon Hyman
Last evening, Governor DeWine held a statewide address to announce the availability of the Pfizer vaccine for Ohioans ages 12 - 15. That new...
By Jon Hyman
Consider these statistics, courtesy of the National Institute of Mental Health , which recently examined mental health issues one year into ...
By Jon Hyman
Late yesterday, the FDA announced that it has authorized Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15-year-olds. It's the best news I've ...
By Jon Hyman
Last week, the EEOC held a public meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil rights in the workplace. Following up on the rema...
By Jon Hyman
This weekend, the Ohio Employer Law Blog turns 14! May 9, 2007 — my first post ever here at the blog. 3,628 posts and three law firms late...
By Jon Hyman
The Telegraph recently tweeted about what is being called "Covid anxiety syndrome." The whole thread is a fascinating read, but ...
By Jon Hyman
The National Federation of Independent Business just released the results of its most recent Covid-19 Small Business Survey . 546 businesse...
By Jon Hyman
What did Bobby Edwards do to earn the title of the Worst Employer of 2019 ? Bobby Edwards, the manager of J&J Cafeteria in Conway, Sout...
By Jon Hyman
For the past couple of administrations, it's a presidential rite of passage—unveiling a plan to provide paid family and medical leave to...
By Jon Hyman
Masks remain a key line that divides our country. The CDC just announced that the fully vaccinated safely can go maskless in small gatherin...
By Jon Hyman
In a stunning show of ignorance, a Miami, Florida, private school has informed its staff that because the Covid-19 vaccine poses a health ri...
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the White House announced that effective January 30, 2022, all federal contractors will be required to incorporate a $15 minimum...
By Jon Hyman
McDonald's has lots of secrets. What's in its sauce? What part of the chicken do the McNuggets come from? How come every time I crav...
By Jon Hyman
I've not hidden my belief that employers should not be mandating that their employees receive the Covid vaccine as a condition of emplo...
By Jon Hyman
On April 8, the Small Business Association opened its Covid relief program for concert halls and other performing arts venues. Or at least...
By Jon Hyman
I've previously urged employers to pay employees for time off related to getting the Covid vaccine and for any time related to adverse r...
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent Axios-Ipsos poll , vaccination efforts may have plateaued, and most people who've not yet been vaccinated don'...
By Jon Hyman
A couple of months ago I was approached by the That One Case podcast to record an episode. This show asks lawyers to share the story of one...
By Jon Hyman
It's been four days since Brandon Hole returned to the Indianapolis FedEx facility at which previously worked and killed eight people. ...
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following Covid safety and health violations OSHA recently uncovered at a Massachusetts tax preparation business. Employees and...
By Jon Hyman
The Department of Labor's breakup with liquidated damages in wage and hour investigations lasted only four years. Late last week, the ag...
By Jon Hyman
Because of the impending changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination law that take effect in two days, the filing of employment discrimi...
By Jon Hyman
I haven't taken a proper vacation in 25 months. We were supposed to go to Portugal last March, but then Covid happened. In the 13 months...
By Jon Hyman
One of the lasting lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic for businesses is our broken state unemployment systems. State governments have paid out...
By Jon Hyman
"A pagan says she faced religious discrimination while working at Panera. Now, she’s suing." So reads the headline at the Washing...
By Jon Hyman
In the history of this blog's 3,603 posts, I've never written about the False Claim Act. If you've been waiting with bated breat...
By Jon Hyman
Three weeks ago I returned to the office. That return matched my start date at Wickens Herzer Panza . I decided that it'd be difficult,...
By Jon Hyman
Thirteen months into the pandemic, the COVID-related employment lawsuits are starting to roll into courthouses. Consider the following, all ...
By Jon Hyman
Two weeks from today, H.B. 352 takes effect and brings the most significant changes to Ohio's workplace discrimination statute since it...
By Jon Hyman
According to the Wall Street Journal , Covid-19 vaccination cards are our only proof of vaccination status and will soon be as essential as ...
By Jon Hyman
In Meriwether v. Hartop , the 6th Circuit recently decided that a state university cannot force a professor to use students' preferred g...
By Jon Hyman
The stats are jarring, disturbing, and scary. During the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been nearly 3,800 reported anti-Asia...
By Jon Hyman
At some point over the next several months, most of your employees will receive one of the various COVID-19 vaccines that the Food & Dr...
By Jon Hyman
"I can tell, as you're smirking at me not wearing a mask, you are not good at public health. This is not your lane, you need to g...
By Jon Hyman
For the past year, an astounding 44 percent of employees have been working remotely full time, and two-thirds of employees have been working...
By Jon Hyman
The law of every state I can think of requires that an employer timely provide a departed employee with his or her last paycheck. I know of ...
By Jon Hyman
"I'm Jewish; I don't have to wear a mask." That's what the maskless woman (shopping with her maskless teenage daughter...
By Jon Hyman
The CDC is now recommending that certain non-healthcare employers test asymptomatic employees for COVID-19. According to the CDC, this scre...
By Jon Hyman
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I asked this question : "Are employers legally responsible for paying workers for the time...
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the CDC released guidance permitting large employers to establish temporary sites to vaccinate employees. The CDC says that emp...
By Jon Hyman
Full disclosure — I love Tate's Bake Shop's gluten free cookies. Prior to gluten free Oreos hitting supermarket shelves (I dare you ...
By Jon Hyman
Today brings BIG changes for my career and me. It's my first day of work at Wickens Herzer Panza after relocating my practice and joini...
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 , aka the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. It's the most signific...
By Jon Hyman
It's been exactly one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Tomorrow will mark the one-year anni...
By Jon Hyman
One of the lasting lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that our state unemployment systems are old and broken, and desperately need to be mo...
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, the CDC issued its long-awaited guidance on how fully vaccinated people can safely visit others . Here's who and how the CDC...
By Jon Hyman
Rule number one of this blog has always been, "Don't criticize judges whom you might appear in front of." Rules, however, are ...
By Jon Hyman
Earlier this week, the House passed an extension of the FFCRA as part of its $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus bill. (I'll cover its details ...
By Jon Hyman
I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%. EVERYTHING. I also ended the statewide mask mandate. — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 2, 2021 With...
By Jon Hyman
Nine days before Christmas, one of my neighbors posted the following on my community's Facebook page. Any prayer warriors on here, pleas...
By Jon Hyman
The sign on the door of Platform Beer's Columbus, Ohio, taproom reads: "The entire Platform Columbus crew has quit. The taproom is ...
By Jon Hyman
Adaptability to change is itself a hallmark of successful education. – Peter Hilton 2020 – 2021 has been a different school year for every...
By Jon Hyman
Repeat after me. Thou shalt only fire people in person, and never by phone call, email, or text message. If, because of COVID-19, you absolu...