Bulletin Categories: HR/Employment Law

Sixth Circuit Expands Cat’s Paw to FMLA Cases May 24, 2017

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) prohibits an employer from discriminating or retaliating against employees who have used FMLA leave. It also states that employers cannot use the taking...

New Opioid Prescribing Rules Help Employers Fight Addiction May 23, 2017

The Ohio Workers’ Compensation system is a part of the opioid crisis in Ohio because injured workers have a very high level of opioid use. But rules governing the prescription...

EEO Public File Reports Due June 1, for Ohio Radio and Television Stations May 2, 2017

Ohio broadcast stations—both radio and television—with five or more full-time employees must place their annual EEO Public File Report in their public inspection file and post it to their website...

EEO Mid-Term Reports (FCC Form 397) Due June 1, for Certain Ohio Television Stations May 2, 2017

The FCC’s EEO rules have been in effect for more than a decade, and they require broadcasters to file certain periodic reports with the Commission, including FCC Form 396 (the...

FCC Adjusts Its EEO Policy to Allow Internet-Only Recruitment in Certain Circumstances April 24, 2017

Late Friday afternoon, April 21, the FCC released a Declaratory Ruling that may result in greater efficiencies for stations recruiting for full-time job vacancies: Internet-only recruitment will—when certain conditions are...

‘A Day Without a Woman’ May Bring Employers a Day Of Legal Troubles March 6, 2017

This year has already witnessed two large-scale political protests – the Women’s March on January 21 and “A Day Without Immigrants” on February 17. Now, the organizers of the Women’s...

FCC Solicits Comment on Petition to Allow Internet-Only Job Vacancy Recruitment for EEO Compliance Purposes December 16, 2016

As broadcasters are well aware, the FCC’s EEO rules require stations with at least five full-time employees to engage in widespread recruitment for all full-time vacancies. Such recruitment must be...

Labor and Employment Alert: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over … States and Business Groups Sue DOL to Stop Overtime Rules September 21, 2016

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rules become effective on December 1, 2016. On that day, the salary threshold to be considered an overtime-exempt employee will double from...

EEOC Issues Expansive Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation September 16, 2016

“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it doth singe yourself.” ~ William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), retaliation is...

Fifth Circuit Reminds Us That an Unpublicized Harassment Policy Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Written On August 8, 2016

Most employers have a sexual harassment policy, usually contained in an employee handbook. A recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reminds employers that an effective sexual harassment...