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On October 7, 2014, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an order dismissing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) suit against CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS”) challenging the legality of the severance agreement...

On July 14, 2014 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released Enforcement Guidance relating to pregnancy discrimination. In its guidance, the EEOC takes the position that the law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with work...

Kastner Westman & Wilkins shareholders James P. Wilkins, Keith L. Pryatel and John W. McKenzie were each named among “Cleveland’s Top-Rated Lawyers of 2014,” a peer-rated designation acknowledging attorneys who’ve reached the highest levels of ethical standards and...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which covers Ohio and three neighboring states, recently ruled that the City of Decherd Police Department Policies and Procedures Manual created an employment contract between the City and its officers. Freeze v. City...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS”) challenging the legality of the severance agreement CVS often offers to departing employees....

KWW Shareholder and Vice President James P. Wilkins examines a set of “quickie” unionization election rules being considered by the National Labor Relations Board in an Adviser column published in the July 20 issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business. Read the full text of...

As you prepare this year’s budget and are considering any additional safety equipment purchases, remember the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is awarding safety grants to employers for the purchase of safety, ergonomic, and/or industrial hygiene equipment which...

On October 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided a workers’ compensation case our own Mark Snyder successfully argued through the appellate courts, State ex rel. Black v. Indus. Comm., et al., 2013-Ohio-4550. The case concerned permanent total disability...

On September 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it will extend the minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to the estimated 1.9 million direct care workers in the U.S., most of which provide home care...

On July 24, 2013, Attorneys General from nine states sent a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expressing their displeasure at what they describe as the EEOC’s “illegitimate expansion of Title VII protection to former criminals.” The AGs strongly...