By Robert Bowes with Alex E. Jones Capitol Hill has been busy attempting to reverse the new “joint employer” standard established in the recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision Browning-Ferris Industries of California (“Browning-Ferris”). An overview...
On September 15, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer Dist. v. Bath Twp., Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3705, and found in favor of the sewer district. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (“NEORSD”) is a...
By Alex E. Jones In Browning-Ferris Industries of California (“Browning-Ferris”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) created a new standard for determining whether two companies are “joint employers” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). ...
Ten years ago, when KJK Partner Alan Rauss was serving as Chairman of the Board of Cleveland Play House, which is the first professional regional theatre to be established in America, he led a strategic planning process designed to restore CPH to prominence in the...
By Alex E. Jones “Most workers are Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act” - that was the conclusion of a recent Department of Labor (DOL) Administrator’s Interpretation. Employers, however, have increasingly been using independent contractors in their...
Authored by: Stephen D. Richman, Esq. boil•er•plate (boi l r-pl t ) n. A steel plate used in making the shells of steam boilers. 2. Inconsequential, formulaic, or stereotypical language: The new provisions of the lease renewal were merely boilerplate.* *The American...
Authored by: Melissa Yasinow The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) governs the relationship between employers and employees, and mandates that employers pay overtime to certain types of workers. On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed...
By Alex E. Jones Title VII of the Civil Rights act protects workers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, the statute does not contain any explicit protections for LGBT workers. In light of this, the EEOC has...
Authored by: Kevin C. Susman The following is general information to help you better understand the trustee’s role in the chapter 7 bankruptcy process. It is not intended to be legal advice, so if you have questions that require legal advice, please contact your...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) governs the relationship between employers and employees. Under the FLSA, employers are responsible for recording their employees’ hours worked. But what happens when an employee simply claims that he or she has worked more hours...