In the case of State ex rel. Powell v. Ohio Pub. Emps. Retirement Sys., Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-4030, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the state of Ohio does not owe an employee a fiduciary duty when making a decision regarding retirement and disability benefits. Here, the employee argued that the state owed the employee […]
On November 15, 2021, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced that up to 5,000 additional Ohioans may be eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The Department of Labor announced additional COVID-19 related reasons for eligibility that will apply retroactively to those who may not have been eligible prior to February 2021. Those who […]
On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order reaffirming its initial stay of the vaccination/testing requirements. In its order, the Court chose to put a freeze on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates, calling the requirements “staggeringly overbroad”. The Emergency Temporary Standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration […]
On November 12, 2021, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (“OPERS”) arguing that Facebook and its executives violated federal securities laws by purposely misleading the public which has subsequently led to the negative health and well-being of the children of the State […]
In the case of Hammonds v. Beavercreek City Schools, 2021-Ohio-4022, the Second District Court of Appeals held that there was no basis for a former administrator to bring a wrongful discharge claim against the school board. Here, the former administrator argued that the non-renewal of the administrator’s contract was retaliatory and that the administrator was […]
In the case of Shields v. Kelly Servs., Inc., 2021-Ohio-4018, the Eighth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in affirming a state review commission’s decision to deny an employee’s unemployment compensation claim. Here, an employee argued that they were eligible for unemployment compensation because the employer did not provide […]