Minimum wage for Ohio workers will increase from $8.15 per hour to $8.30 per hour for non-tipped employees. Tipped employees will see their wages go up from $4.08 per hour to $4.15 per hour. In November 2016, Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment which states that Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on January 1 of […]
More than 75 women have accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse and harassment. As a result, Weinstein has been ousted from the movie and television studio he helped to found. More recently, numerous men have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against actor Kevin Spacey. Netflix responded by firing Spacey from his […]
The Ohio Supreme Court decided the Dram Shop Act case on Wednesday, September 6: Johnson v. Montgomery, Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-7445 Basically, it applied the protections of the Dram Shop Act to liquor permit holders even when they encouraged the club’s exotic dancers to drink, did not keep track of how much they drank, and […]
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) federalizes trade secret protection, as well as preserves state law trade secret protections. The Act provides a uniform definition of trade secrets, a uniform standard for misappropriation, extends federal civil protection to trade secrets and allows companies and individuals to file private lawsuits to remedy a wrongful […]
Ohio House Bills 388 and 436, more commonly referred to as “Annie’s Law,” became effective on April 6, 2017. These bills bring significant changes to Ohio’s drunk driving laws. Every motorist should be aware of these changes, as well as employers who have employees that drive company vehicles or drive as part of their job […]
NEW REAL ESTATE TAX BREAKS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Effective March 28, 2017, a new real estate tax exemption will be available for industrial and/or commercial real estate which is under development. The exemption is intended to benefit properties that have not yet, but will be, developed or redeveloped with new construction of commercial or industrial buildings. […]
The short answer is no. But now that I have your attention . . . At Weston Hurd, we have been receiving many questions from employers about the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) new anti-retaliation rule and Ohio’s new medical marijuana law. The majority of the questions are about the impact of these new […]
In September 2015, we published an advisory titled Are You a Federal Subcontractor Without Even Knowing It –Revisited, which discussed President Obama’s Executive Order 13706 (dated September 7, 2015, Federal Register Volume 80, pages 54697-54700). Following the Executive Order, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division has now issued its Final Rule, in excess of 400 pages, which […]
