Most people have heard about the Americans with Disabilities Act, or “ADA.” You may also have heard about the FMLA, or Family and Medical Leave Act. These two federal laws give employees protection from being treated unfairly because of disabilities or serious illnesses requiring them to miss work, or require they receive some accommodation at […]
read moreEmployment law is generally the law governing the relationship between employers and employees. Several decades ago, this was generally referred to as labor law. That was back when labor unions and collective bargaining agreements were about the only legal protection employees had against unfair employment practices by employers. But in the 1960’s Congress passed Title […]
read moreMany employees are shocked to learn that the one-paragraph agreement not to compete they signed when they accepted a new job is actually enforceable to prevent them from working in the same industry. These covenants–that is, promises–not to compete are governed by state law, and each state’s law may be different. In Ohio, such promises […]
read more“[A] man may live greatly in the law as well as elsewhere; that there as well as elsewhere his thought may find its unity in an infinite perspective; that there as well as elsewhere he may wreak himself upon life, may drink the bitter cup of heroism, may wear his heart out after the unattainable.” […]
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