On November 7, Ohio voters passed two statewide issues that will have an impact on the vast majority of Ohio employers. The voters passed both Issue 2, a minimum wage issue, and... Read more »

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in... Read more »

If you havent taken the time to review the recent Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey, you should. Read more »

A company's greatest resource is the staff. Learn about how the Interactive Process Meeting can serve as a productive forum for branstorming working safer,smarter strategies. Read more »

Within the last few months, the United States Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("the DOL") has issued a number of opinion letters construing the executive, professional, and administrative overtime exemptions... Read more »

We do not get to choose who ends up at the desk next to us. Therefore, with this in mind, it is essential that we develop tools to embrace each other's uniqueness,... Read more »

Often, job duties require employees to carry pagers or cell phones and be available in case of an emergency. Employees often feel as though their free time is restricted due to the... Read more »

Employers may be investigated, inspected, audited, or visited by the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ("WHD"), Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"), or assigned state agencies.The WHD is... Read more »

Faced with skyrocketing annual increases in health care and workers' compensation premiums, employers are looking for ways to manage the health and health care costs of the workforce. Employers have increasingly focused... Read more »