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On November 26, 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court held in State ex rel. Autozone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. 2024-Ohio-551S, a claimant must be employed to be eligible to receive temporary total disability compensation (“TTD”), overturning the lower court decision which...
On January 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court, unanimously decided E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, holding that employers must only meet the ordinary preponderance of the evidence standard when defending against claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act...
State ex re. Autozone Stores, Inc. V. Indus. Comm., 2024-Ohio-5519 was finally decided by the Ohio Supreme Court on November 26, 2024. In a very favorable opinion for employers the court overturned the 10th District Court of Appeals decision issued in March 2023...
On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a comprehensive proposal on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in both outdoor and indoor work settings. This is the first-ever national heat stress rule. OSHA submitted the proposed...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the Final Rule on non-compete agreements, which was to go into effect on September 4, 2024. In essence, the Rule was intended to discourage to a significant extent the use of non-compete agreements....
Prior to September 28, 2021 when a claimant was denied permanent total disability compensation (hereinafter “PTD”) that claimant could file multiple subsequent PTD applications without any change to the allowed conditions in the claim. It was not unusual for claimants...
On April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its final Worker Walk Around Representative designation process Rule. The final new rule amends 29 CFR 1903.8 regarding Representatives of Employees and Employers in an OSHA inspection. This new rule will become...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has issued a “final rule,” termed the Non-Compete Clause Rule, on April 23, 2024, effective 120 days after it is published in the Federal Register. The final rule will be codified at 16 C.F.R. §910. The final rule makes the...