On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision blocking the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus protecting approximately 700,000 immigrants...
Employment Law Letter
Any time someone walks in for a job interview, both sides have expectations of how the interview will go. From skillset to personality fit, every HR manager is looking for the perfect solution to their hiring needs. When...
Q Can HR maintain confidential internal documents within an employee’s record that she cannot access? A An employee’s right to review documents in her personnel file is primarily a state law issue. In Ohio, the only...
In a landmark 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled the sex discrimination prohibitions in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 cover bias based on sexual orientation or transgender status. The opinion...
On June 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a series of questions and answers about the use of face coverings in the workplace. The guidance, which also clarifies the difference between...
On June 17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance concerning the use of COVID-19 antibody testing. Relying on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) interim guidelines...
With the COVID-19 outbreak forcing most of us to either shelter in place or severely limit our outside activities, people everywhere are online more than ever. As a result, website accessibility lawsuits under the...
After a black reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette posted a tweet critical of racial bias in the news media, the employer barred her from covering local protests following the George Floyd killing in Minnesota...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on June 15, holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination because of “sex,” bars employers from discriminating based on an...
COVID-19 and the related stay-at-home orders have affected every employer differently. Some were able to shift to a telework model, while others modified their workplace operations or closed their doors completely. But...
Q Several employees forced to work from home during the pandemic say they prefer it to working in the office and actually feel more productive. Should we be preparing to extend and expand our telecommuting options even...
Whether to discipline employees for off-duty conduct has always been a sticky issue. As protests and social media posts about social injustice increase, however, employers are examining anew their duties to respond to...
In March 2020, the West Virginia Legislature created a “safe harbor” provision in the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act (WPCA) that, if followed, will allow for an informal resolution to final wage disputes...
As businesses reopen, many employers have wondered what type of screening they may or should conduct for employees returning to work. In separate guidance documents, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and...
As businesses reopen after the lifting of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, employers are grasping with how to make their workplaces as safe as possible for their employees. Making the task especially difficult are the...