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Navigating Employee Return-to-Work Issues (US)

By Daniel Pasternak and Laura Lawless on Posted in Accommodation, Americans with Disability Act, Arizona, Benefits, California, Colorado, Compensation, Compliance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Fair Labor Standards Act, FMLA, Health & Safety, Illinois, Layoff, Leave, Legislation, News, Ohio, OSHA, Paid Sick Leave, Pay, Policies, Regulation, Sick Leave, Texas, Unions, Vacation, Wage and Hour, WARN Act, Workplace Safety & Health
On Friday, May 15, 2020, Arizona’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected” order will expire. At that time, only a handful of states (Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey) will still be under broad stay-at-home restrictions, but even those remaining states will begin the phased reopening process between May 15 and 30. As employers begin … Continue Reading

Employer’s Guide to Return-to-Work Issues: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (US)

By Daniel Pasternak and Laura Lawless on Posted in Accommodation, Americans with Disability Act, Annual Leave, Arizona, Benefits, California, Colorado, Compensation, Compliance, Contract of Employment, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Health/Welfare, Employment Contracts, Employment Law, Employment Policies, Fair Labor Standards Act, FMLA, GINA, Grievance, Harassment, Health, Health & Safety, Health & Welfare, Health & Wellbeing, Hours, Illinois, Leave, Legislation, Monitoring, News, NLRB, Ohio, OSHA, Paid Sick Leave, Pay, Policies, Policies, Privacy, Regulation, Religious Discrimination, Restrictive Covenants, Sex Discrimination, Sick Leave, State Law Updates, Terms of Employment, Texas, Unions, Vacation, Wage and Hour, Wages, Wages, WARN Act, Wellbeing, Workplace Safety & Health
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has changed life as we know it, including by severely disrupting business on a nationwide scale.  In some cases, employers have been forced to temporarily close their doors and cease operations, while others have had to make radical changes to the workplace in order to maintain operations. … Continue Reading

Ohio Workers’ Compensation System Approves $1.6B Distribution for State Fund Employers (US)

By Anne Marie Schloemer on Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health & Safety, Ohio
By the end of the April, many Ohio employers with state funded workers’ compensation coverage will receive a dividend from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). This dividend of up to $1.6 billion was approved by the BWC Board in response to a request from Governor Mike DeWine to state agencies to take action … Continue Reading

Ohio Stay at Home Order as Applied to Schools and Other Public Employers (US)

By W. Michael Hanna, Emily Spivack, Elaine Brown and Dylan J. Yépez on Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health & Safety, News, Ohio
All individuals in Ohio have been ordered to stay home except as necessary to engage in essential activities, and all non-essential businesses and operations have been ordered to cease, beginning at 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2020, under the Ohio Department of Health Director’s Stay at Home Order issued on March 22, 2020. The Stay at Home … Continue Reading

Ohio Unemployment Expansions Amidst COVID-19 Crisis (US)

By Traci Martinez and Anne Marie Schloemer on Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, News, Ohio
Ohio, like all other states, is facing an unprecedented rise in unemployment claims as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In Ohio, 111,055 unemployment claims were filed between March 15-18, 2020.  At the same point just one week ago, there were under 4,000 claims.  These numbers are expected to increase in the coming days and … Continue Reading
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