Leap Year: How Did You Spend Your Extra Day? Did You Read the NLRB’s New Joint Employer Rule?
In our busy lives, many people say: “I wish I had more time!” Well, ta-da! Your wish came true! Leap year provided us with one extra day this year! What did you do with your extra day? Did you read up on the NLRB’s new final rule governing joint-employer ...
Effective January 15, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hiked the maximum fines for workplace safety violations. As an example, the maximum fine for a “serious” violation is now $13,500 per violation and the maximum fine for a “willful” or “repeated” violation is now $135,000 per violation.
OSHA ...
If you’re like me, you’re sick of hearing the phrase “new year, new me” at the beginning of every new year. A decade of hearing “new year, new me” and witnessing no change has made me somewhat of a cynic. However, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has given me new hope with their commitment to remain the same this new year. Here’s what ...
Thursday, January 9th, 2020 is the day medical marijuana officially arrived in Cincinnati. Have a Heart Cincy is the name of the brand new medical marijuana dispensary located on Vine Street in Hartwell. You need a prescription from a licensed physician based upon a limited number of symptoms, but it is here. There is even rumor that long ...
Welcome to 2020 – a new decade! As we recover from the holidays and settle into our first full week of the new year, it’s important to remember that things have changed (sort of). To help keep you informed, we’ve summarized a few key changes below:
- New overtime rule raises salary threshold for exempt employees
- Regulations on regular rate of ...
Julie R. Pugh & Lee P. Geiger
As many of you may know, I am a handbook nerd. I think handbooks and the policies contained within are wonderful (ask me about how each handbook is both a sword and a shield). Company policies are as varied as the printing on wrapping paper, and can be edited in more ways than you can ever tie a pretty bow. One of the nagging ...
Employees don’t shed their viewpoints at the front door of the workplace. You knew that already! Many come to work with a variety of political, cultural, religious, economic and demographic viewpoints. Along with this increasing pluralism, America’s workforce is part of a nation that values and debates free speech.
As the national debate ...
I am reasonably tech savvy. Or at least I think I am. It’s because I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s –the video game renaissance. I cut my teeth on Frogger, Pitfall, QBert and Double Dribble. I even took a DOS coding class in school. Generation Xer’s like me grew up with technology and technology grew up with us. So imagine my frustration when ...
By Dan Burke & James Niekamp, Captain, U. S. Army Reserve’s JAG Corps
As we pause this week to remember and thank all those who have, and continue to serve our country in the armed forces, it’s a good opportunity to revisit best practices for supporting citizen soldiers in the workplace.
Employees who are members of the Reserve or National Guard ...
There’s an old saying that “when it rains, it pours.” I couldn’t help but think of this when I recently read a deposition that went a little something like this:
ATTORNEY: I mean have you ever looked at Tracy Evans in your entire life? Have you? That’s a … that’s a genuine question.
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SUPERVISOR: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And did you ever realize ...