Labor & Employee Relations :: In the News
- Workers’ Comp Suit Hinges on Group Cut
- Crain’s Cleveland Business, August 20, 2012, Dave McCarty, interviewee
- A class action lawsuit could potentially owe more than $1 billion to employers who believe they overpaid for their workers’ compensation insurance.
- Ohio House Introduces Three Workers’ Comp Reform Bills
- HRACO, May 2012, Anthonio C. Fiore, author
- Three new workers’ compensation reform bills were introduced on April 17, each having a specific focus.
- EEOC complaints: Settle or fight on?
- What’s Working in Human Resources, April 24, 2012, Jeffrey C. Miller, interviewee
- What should you do if you’re a new firm and facing EEOC complaints? There are a few options to consider.
- Governor Kasich Announces Mid-Biennium Review Legislation
- HRACO, April 2012, Anthonio C. Fiore, author
- Many of the provisions contained in the Mid-Biennium Review Capital Budget bill will directly and indirectly impact the Human Resources profession in Ohio.
- Costly Disputes
- Smart Business, April 2012, Jeffrey C. Miller, interviewee
- High unemployment rates continue to rise and for companies, so can their legal spending. Reducing your costs associated with employment issues is possible.
- What Impact Will State Government Have on the HR Profession in 2012?
- HRACO, March 2012, Anthonio C. Fiore, author
- 2012 brings new state government decisions, which in return bring new issues and situations for HR professionals.
- Major Changes Affecting Employers for 2012
- HRACO, February 2012, Anthonio C. Fiore, author
- Under Administrator Stephen Buehrer leadership, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has made several positive changes for 2012.
- Managing Generation Gaps
- Smart Business, October 5, 2011, Ken Cookson, author
- If you are trying to manage a millennial (1977-1994), who came into the work force in the last few years, you want to do it entirely different than you would a leading-edge baby boomer (1946-1954).
- How Will the Cost of Ohio’s Unemployment Compensation System Affect Your Business?
- HRACO, May 2011, Anthonio C. Fiore, author
- The dramatic increase in Unemployment claims in Ohio has required the state to borrow funds from the federal government. Ohio now faces a significant UI debt and there are several solutions available to climb out of the recession.
- Will State Legislation Affect Your Business Before the End of 2010?
- HRACO, September 2010, Anthonio C. Fiore, Author
- Several bills are pending before the current legislature that, if passed, would affect human resource professionals.
- Employers on watch as organized labor eyes federal reform legislation
- Columbus Business First, May 7, 2010, Lawrence Feheley, contributor
- With health care reform in the rear-view mirror, organized labor is back on President Barack Obama’s agenda in a big way.
- Helping Hands
- Columbus Business First, May 7, 2010, Dave McCarty, contributor
- Employers turn to managed care organizations to help get their injured workers back on the job quickly. The window for choosing a new MCO just opened.
- GCs and CMs Beware – New OSHA Ruling
- Flooring Contractor, Winter 2010, Lawrence Feheley, author
- The lesson from this case for general contractors and CMs is probably “do it right or don’t do it at all.”
- Historical Musings on the Workplace
- Ohio Matters, November/December 2009, Lawrence Feheley, author
- It is not really surprising that union membership has trended downward, from 35% in the 1940s to less than 8% today, [because] the workplace is shaped and defined by the government, not the parties to the employment relationship.
- Surviving Layoffs
- Smart Business, October 2009, Lawrence Feheley, interviewee
- Reductions in force are fraught with potential legal landmines. Even the most sensitive of employers can find themselves defending discrimination claims after a RIF. And any time that you have a difficult economic environment, you see a dramatic rise in employment-related claims.
- Workplace policies may need to include accommodations for women who are lactating
- Daily Reporter, September 14, 2009, Traci McGuire, contributor
- Attorney Traci McGuire, director in the litigation department at Kegler Brown, said she believes it is only a matter of time until the issue on lactation at work will be discussed again in Ohio.
- Labor, business girding for battle over rules for union organizing
- Columbus Business First, November 10, 2008, Lawrence Feheley, contributor
- Lawrence Feheley is making time for more information sessions with clients on proposed federal rules that would change the way labor unions organize workers.
- Immigration Issues
- Columbus C.E.O., June 2008, Brendan Feheley, contributor
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is getting serious about illegal immigration. Or at least it’s trying to.
- Focus on Internet communications flourishing as legal practice area
- Columbus Business First, April 11, 2008, Brendan Feheley, contributor
- A collegiate gossip website called “juicycampus.com” began at Duke University as a relatively harmless blog about relationships between college students and campus issues, promising anonymity for bloggers.