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Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released preliminary data regarding sexual harassment for its 2018 fiscal year. Coincidentally, the fiscal year began in October of 2017, the same month that the Harvey Weinstein scandal hit the...

Cuyahoga County Council recently passed an ordinance that expanded existing non-discrimination laws to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in housing, employment, and public accommodation. This is a significant...

Employers who use a third party to conduct background checks on applicants or employees must comply with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). Among those obligations is the duty to inform an applicant or employee before taking an adverse...

In this digital age, businesses are increasingly turning to electronic means of storing the personal and/or restricted information of their employees, customers and other contacts. Unfortunately, with the convenience of this storage method comes the risk of liability...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unconstitutional state laws – including Ohio’s – that for decades have allowed unions to collect “fair share” or “agency” fees from public sector employees without their consent. The Court ruled that...

Register to attend our June 14 Rise & Learn session to learn more about this topic The Supreme Court of the United States recently issued a decision upholding employers’ right to include class action waivers in arbitration agreements. This decision, which resolved a...

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Second Circuit has now aligned itself with the...

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently revived 17 previously withdrawn opinion letters concerning a wide range of topics under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These opinion letters, each of which respond to fact-specific questions and issues...

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC shareholder Jaime U. Kolligian was named to serve on the Board for United Disability Services in Akron and the Cleveland Advisory Board for the Ohio Diversity Council. United Disability Services seeks to enhance the quality of life for...

On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced, as yet another signal of the Trump administration’s employer-friendly enforcement agenda, that it would adopt a more flexible test for determining whether interns are employees entitled to the...