by Rob Gilmore | Oct 9, 2020 | Employment
By Rob Gilmore & Kirsten Mooney On August 24, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5 regarding employers’ continuing obligations to track employees’ telework hours. In a time where telework is...
by Rob Gilmore | Sep 24, 2020 | Employment, Government
By Rob Gilmore & Alexis Preskar As employers begin reopening workplaces, the EEOC has come out with new guidance on providing telework options. The specific question asked for guidance if an employer had allowed telework to slow the spread of COVID but was now...
by Alan Rauss | Sep 16, 2020 | Employment, Government
By Alan Rauss & Kirsten Mooney The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a much anticipated set of regulations regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The regulations attempt to revise several provisions of the DOL’s original rule that New...
by Alexis Preskar | Sep 16, 2020 | Employment, Government
By Rob Gilmore & Alexis Preskar Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill providing significant protection to Ohio businesses for COVID-related claims. H.B. 606, passed by the legislature at the beginning of this month, is now law and eliminates civil lawsuits for...
by Alexis Preskar | Sep 3, 2020 | Employment, Government
By Rob Gilmore & Alexis Preskar The Ohio Legislature has passed substantial protection for businesses from COVID-19 claimed damages. H.B. 606, which has gone to Gov. Mike DeWine for signature, eliminates civil lawsuits for “damages for injury, death, or loss to...
by Demetrius Robinson | Aug 29, 2020 | Employment, Finance, Government
By Demetrius Robinson Late Friday night, the Treasury Department released guidance to employers on implementing the payroll tax deferral under President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum. On Aug. 8, 2020, the President directed the Secretary of the Treasury to defer the...
