On November 5, 2021, OSHA’s emergency workplace COVID-19 safety rule will be published and effective. Employers with more than 100 employees will have 30 days to comply. The emergency rule contains several mandatory requirements, few exceptions, typical recordkeeping requirements and some surprising obligations. The rule requires employers to establish a mandatory written vaccination policy for all employees. This […]
In very few legal scenarios is there a clear cut, black and white answer, and this is especially true when it comes to workplace policy decisions that directly affect employees. When you add in the variable of an employee’s health and medical history, things can become complicated very quickly. Mix in our current hyper-partisan political […]
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No one likes being fired, especially if he or she feels that the employer treated them unfairly in the process. But finding a lawyer, paying to file a lawsuit, and the time and expense of litigation can be burdensome to someone who may also be job-hunting and/or pursuing unemployment compensation at the same time. In […]
WESTON HURD LLP is pleased to announce that MATTHEW K. SEELEY has joined the Firm as a Partner. Matthew is a commercial, employment, and real estate attorney with nearly 25 years of accumulated experience representing clients who include Fortune 500 companies, midsized entities, startups, and individuals. During his career, Matthew has litigated cases throughout Ohio, and […]
Tina Y. Rhodes focuses her practice on litigation including employment, business, products liability, appellate, and real estate matters. Tina received her J.D. cum laude in 1986 from North Carolina Central University School of Law and her B.A. in 1983 from Cleveland State University. In addition to her Ohio Bar admission, Tina is admitted before the United States District […]
On May 29, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance regarding permissible actions of employers vis-a-vis employees in connection with requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and the offering of incentives. As indicated in an earlier advisory, employers can require on-site employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination subject to certain religious and medical accommodations. Employers can also require that employees provide […]
Ohio’s new employment discrimination law, the Employment Law Uniformity Act (the “Act”) took effect April 15, 2021. This law (House Bill 352) has already created a landslide of new employment lawsuits chiefly because the statute of limitations for the filing of employment discrimination claims has been reduced from 6 to 2 years. To counterbalance this reduced statute of limitations, the […]
