Labor & Employment Developments Blog

Terminating an employee is often a long process involving warnings and documentation of performance issues. However, there are several scenarios that may call for immediate termination of employment. Employers often view these scenarios as safe from an employment law perspective but there can be hidden risks. 

In this new podcast episode, recent cases and news from the world of Labor & Employment Law will be discussed.

Many employees today use a phone in connection with their work.  Some employers provide employees with phones and others allow or require their employees to use a personal phone. In either case, employee phone use creates a host of potential issues for employers. In this episode, 5 issues related to employee phone use will be considered.

In this new podcast episode, recent cases and news from the world of Labor & Employment Law will be discussed.

It is a new year and there is a lot going on in the world of employment law. This episode will cover seven (7) issues to keep an eye on in 2024.

On January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor announced that the changes to its independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which were proposed last year will go into effect starting March 11, 2024. This new standard rescinds the independent contractor status rule announced in 2021, reverting back to the Department of Labor’s previous interpretation.

In this holiday episode, we take a look back at the biggest employment law issues covered on the podcast in the past year and consider whether employers have been naughty or nice.

With the passage of Issue 2, Ohio becomes the 24th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. An even larger number of states have legalized medical marijuana use. What does this mean for employers in Ohio and in other states that have legalized marijuana on some level? How do these laws impact employers' efforts to maintain a drug-free workplace?

An evergreen issue in employment law is the office romance.  It presents a minefield for employers.  In this episode, 5 points about handling office romances will be considered.

Two new laws have gone into effect in 2023 that require many employers to change their approaches to pregnant and nursing workers. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in June and requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an “undue hardship.”