On December 22, 2021, Senate Bill 166 (“Bill”) was signed by Ohio Governor Mike Dewine. The bill creates the Career Success Grant Program (“Program”) which provides financial incentives to participating employers for providing work-based learning experiences for students enrolled in career-technical programs. The program also offers tax credit to participating employers. To read this bill, […]
In the case of State ex rel. Friendship Supported Living, Inc. v. Ohio Bur. of Workers’ Comp., 2021-Ohio-4490, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (“BWC”) abused its discretion in finding that in-home direct care providers were not independent contractors for the purpose of calculating workers’ compensation premiums. Here, […]
Davis Automotive Group, Inc., doing business as BMW Cleveland (“BMW Cleveland”), is set to pay $390,000 and other equitable relief in order to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). In its lawsuit, the EEOC claimed that the company violated federal law by intentionally discriminating against three of […]
On November 6, 2021, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay halting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), which required private employers with 100 or more employees to implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy or required unvaccinated employees to undergo weekly testing. On […]
In the case of Hostacky v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2021-Ohio-4464, the Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the dismissal of a state employee’s discrimination claims by the Court of Claims was proper. Here, the employee filed the action in the Court of Claims alleging claims of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and […]
On December 17, 2021, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (“Ohio Attorney General”) issued a formal opinion to Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary A. Corbin in which the Ohio Attorney General concluded that a person cannot simultaneously serve as a township trustee and a board of education member for a local school district when the local […]