ARE YOUR TRADE SECRETS PROTECTED?
Posted on January 13th, 2009
Ohio Employers have been afforded more protection of their trade secrets by two recent court rulings.
In the case of Al Minor & Associates, Inc. v. Martin, decided February 2008, the Ohio Supreme Court determined that an employer’s secret information memorized by a former employee could not be used by the employee for the benefit of [...]
ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHANGES TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT?
Posted on January 13th, 2009
On January 1, 2009 the new revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) will take effect. The new law, entitled the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), will restore certain protections to disabled individuals that had been stripped away from the ADA by the federal courts. The new amendments expressly overturn several landmark Supreme [...]
Can an employee be terminated while receiving workers’ compensation benefits?
Posted on January 13th, 2009
The Ohio Supreme Court in Bickers v. Western & Southern Life Insurance held, “An employee terminated from employment while receiving workers’ compensation has no common law cause of action for wrongful discharge in violation of the public policy underlying ORC §4123 .90, which provides the exclusive remedy for employees claiming termination in violation of rights [...]
