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Ohio Employers Should Follow These 6 Steps Now That Recreational Cannabis Sales Have Begun

Ohio employers need to prepare now that legalized recreational cannabis sales have kicked off – and your workers will be able to legally purchase the drug throughout the state. Beginning August 6, Ohioans 21 years of age or...more

Beware Vendors Bearing Gifts: The 5 Things That Should Be in Your Gifts and Entertainment Policy

It’s the holiday season and your company’s purchasing manager received a bottle of wine from a longtime vendor. You think, “No problem, it’s just a bottle of wine.” A week later you learn that it was actually an extremely...more

Weekly Checklist: Spotting Antitrust Risks in the Workplace

Each week, FP Weekly members receive a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace...more

From Crisis Comes Opportunity: A Silver Linings Playbook For Businesses Emerging From the Pandemic

It’s been said that from crisis comes opportunity. And given that the COVID-19 pandemic has handed us the greatest collective crisis in our lifetimes, it should stand to reason that we should now be in the perfect position to...more

What Ohio Employers Need To Know About New Mask Mandate And Travel Advisory

In response to the rise and spread of newly reported COVID-19 cases, Ohio’s Department of Health issued an order this week mandating the use of face coverings in public. In addition to the mask mandate, the agency issued a...more

Ohio Changes Guidance On Face Coverings Again, Adding To Employer Confusion

...Ohio Governor Mike DeWine just announced a second change to the state’s guidance for employers regarding the use of face coverings in the workplace, which affects both employees and customers. As of the time of this alert,...more

Ohio Businesses Begin Reopening May 1: What Does It Mean For Employers?

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine just unveiled the first phase of a plan to gradually reopen Ohio businesses. It will not be business as usual, however, and the workplace will look vastly different for the foreseeable future. What...more

Ohio Governor Requests Employers Take Worker Temps During COVID-19 Crisis

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has requested that any Ohio employer that remains open during the current public health crisis take the temperatures of its employees daily before beginning work. According to DeWine, employees who...more

Cincinnati Joins Growing Number of Jurisdictions Banning Salary History Queries

Cincinnati City Council has passed Ordinance No. 0083-2019 barring employers from asking applicants for their salary history. The city becomes the latest of a growing number of jurisdictions to adopt a salary history ban on...more

Employee Training is Key to GDPR Compliance

The EU’s General Data Protective Regulation (“GDPR”) goes into effect on May 25, 2018. It is a mammoth regulation and perhaps the most significant European data protection legislation in more than 20 years. In fact, the...more

“GLB” and What it Means for Auto Dealers

Developing an information security program is good business, and for auto dealers that are considered “financial institutions” under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) it is the law. As part of the GLB, the Federal Trade...more

How Does Ohio’s New Gun Law Affect You?

On March 21, 2017, a new gun law goes into effect in Ohio that will expand the rights of concealed carry permit holders, allow active duty members of the armed forces to carry weapons without a concealed carry license under...more

Use Data from the EU? It’s Time to Update Your Data Breach Notification Procedures

This post is the second in a three-part series. With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looming near for organizations that process the data of European citizens, compliance is top-of-mind for...more

Use Data from the EU? It’s Time to Update Your Privacy Policies and Procedures

This is the first post in a three-part series. May 25, 2018. If you are a company that comes into contact with European data, whether you are operating in Europe or elsewhere, and you have not taken note of this date...more

SEC Cracks Down On Anti-Whistleblower Severance Agreements

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued six-figure fines to two different employers in the past several weeks, claiming that each crafted restrictive severance agreements that violated agency rules...more

Prevent Your Company’s Data from Being the Next Ransomware Hostage!

A few weeks ago Los Angeles-based hospital Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center fell victim to cyber criminals who infiltrated and disabled the hospital’s computer network through the use of ransomware. The malware...more

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