Employer Law Report

Reporting on recent legal developments and trends affecting employers.

Author: Brian Hall is a partner Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in Columbus, Ohio; and Rob Stalter, Jamie LaPlante, Kathy Krisher and Kyle Knapp are associates there.

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Recent Posts from Employer Law Report

Expansion of FMLA Entitlement for Military Families
The Family and Medical Leave Act has undergone yet another expansion. On October 27, 2009, President Obama signed H.R. 2647, known as the "Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.” This new law comes on the heels…
Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Legality of Two-Member NLRB Rulings
As an update to my earlier post, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently agreed to consider whether the National Labor Relations Board, which was designed to have five members but has operated with just two…
How Should the Ohio BWC and Industrial Commission Treat Claims for H1N1?
As concerns about the potential scope of the H1N1 flu continue to grow, one question we keep hearing from clients is whether employees who believe they have contracted H1N1 in the workplace may have compensable workers'…
Court Upholds Jury Verdict in Pietrylo v. Hillstone Restaurant Group
In a case that has been widely followed by employment lawyers in the hope of gaining some clarity as to employees' privacy rights on personal social media sites, the federal district court in New…
Breach Notification Under the HITECH Act: Action Points for Employers Who Sponsor Self-Insured Group Health Plans
As we previously have noted, the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued an interim final rule under the HITECH Act requiring HIPAA-covered entities to notify each individual whose unsecured PHI has been, or…
H-1B Employers: Did you ever wonder what happened to the $500 fraud fee you paid with the H-1B petition you filed?
You may find out soon. After several years of collecting the $500 fraud fee from employers filing H-1B petitions to sponsor foreign national employees, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") has increased its investigatory…
DHS to Publish Final Rule Today to Rescind "No-Match/Safe Harbor" Regulation
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to publish a final rule today in which it formally rescinds the August 2007 "No-Match / Safe Harbor" regulation. Following its review of public comments after the…
Michael Vick Gets Released From the ERISA Doghouse, But Could You be Next?
Sports fans, you can breath easier about your fantasy football lineups -- Michael Vick is out of the doghouse with the U.S. Department of Labor, presuming he complies with a consent judgment. We had cautioned in…
Homeland Security Says Small Business Should Develop Written Plan to Prepare for H1N1
"The most important thing you can do to prepare your business is to have a written plan." The federal Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Small…
Missed our Recent Wage and Hour Webinar? Listen to the Recording
Cutting Costs Without Violating Wage and Hour Law As employers try to do more work with fewer employees, implement furloughs or reduced schedules, and contemplate combining job functions, we would like to remind our clients and…