Special thanks to co-author, Jack Greiner.
It’s not out of the ordinary to see work colleagues dressed up in Halloween costumes this time of year. Honestly, it wouldn’t be Halloween without the Sanderson Sisters, Addams Family or Michael Myers! Employers often push aside dress codes or appearance policies this week and allow employees to ...
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently proposed a new rule to scale back a controversial Board decision from 2015 regarding the appropriate test for whether a franchisor and franchisees are “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act. This would directly roll back the NLRB decision in ...
Earlier this year we reported on the United States Supreme Court decision that upheld employers’ use of class action waivers and arbitration provisions in employment agreements under federal law. Late last month, however, the Kentucky Supreme Court held that Kentucky law bars employers from saddling employees with arbitration agreements ...
Special thanks to Christina Rogers for writing this week’s blog.
This year the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) carried out two of its largest workplace raids in nearly a decade. No, these raids were not in California, New York, Florida, or any of the other typical states that come to mind. These raids took place in OH-IO.
Employers in Ohio are entitled to a drug free workplace and the enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy. That does not make it easy, however, to control. To date, there is not a real-time test to indicate whether a person is “high” in the present tense, only to know if they have used in the past. And not all testing is equal. What will employers will ...
By Marianna Michael
Within the first week of October, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued its opinion in Northern Kentucky Area Development District v. Snyder NO. 2015-CA-001167 (Ky. Aug. 27, 2018). The court faced the decision of whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempted KRS 336.700. Ultimately, the court held that: (1 ...
Special thanks to Christina Rogers for writing this week's blog.
While we have not yet gotten to the world portrayed in the Will Smith film I, Robot, artificial intelligence (AI) is here (and likely for good).
We have all seen examples of AI growing around us, from Amazon’s Alexa to the smartphone in your pocket that seems to be getting just a little ...
By Sharon Gold
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently proposed a rule establishing the standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. Employers have until November 13, 2018 to comment about the proposed rule. The proposed rule, commentary and instructions on commenting are ...