Tuesday, Ohio voters overwhelmingly passed Issue 2, legalizing recreational marijuana use. Today employers are wondering, “how does this new law affect the workplace?” The short answer is: not much.
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11/9/2023
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In what is likely to be just the first of many court challenges to private employer COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a United States District Court judge in Kentucky refused to stop a hospital from requiring its employees...more
On February 25, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance in the form of a Program Letter based upon President Biden’s recent directive to ensure unemployment benefits are available to people who refuse to work...more
As noted in a prior newsletter, President Biden’s Chief of Staff froze rules that had not yet gone into effect as to the Department of Labor’s proposed sweeping independent contractor rule changes. On February 3, 2021, the...more
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