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Three Under-the-Radar Employment Laws Employers Should Know About in 2023
Amid holiday activities and a flurry of end-of-year deadlines, Congress somewhat quietly enacted three pieces of legislation that will affect employers nationwide. The new laws impose restrictions on non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, enhance benefits...
FMLA Guidance: The Math to Get to 50 Employees Sometimes Doesn’t Add Up…Or Does It?
As we start the New Year, we wanted to offer our clients and friends a couple of helpful reminders of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provisions we’ve been seeing employers struggle with. It is commonly known that the FMLA covers employers with 50 or more...
Six KWW Attorneys Named to 2023 Super Lawyers List
The new year begins with a prominent peer-recognition accolade for six Kastner Westman & Wilkins labor and employment attorneys. Shareholders Jim Wilkins, John McKenzie and Tom Green, as well as Of Counsel to the firm Karen Lefton each earned an Ohio Super Lawyers...
Federal Trade Commission Moves to Eliminate Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission unveiled a proposed rule that would invalidate most non-compete agreements nationwide and prevent employers from entering new ones with workers. The proposed rule faces a lengthy rulemaking process before taking effect,...
Kastner Westman & Wilkins Promotes Amanda Smith to Shareholder
Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC (KWW), a northeast Ohio boutique labor and employment law firm representing management exclusively, promoted Amanda S. Smith to Shareholder. Smith has been with KWW for nearly 10 years. She’s an Ohio State Bar Association-Certified...
Wilkins, McKenzie named to “Best Lawyers” 2023 list; Trout, Karst “Ones to Watch”
Join us in recognizing Shareholders Jim Wilkins and John McKenzie, who have been selected for the Best Lawyers® in America 2023 edition. Associate attorneys Michael Karst and Julie Trout earned Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch 2023 honors. Wilkins, who has achieved this...
Compliance Issues Associated with Employer-Provided Abortion Travel Benefits
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, individual states may now ban abortion services entirely or place very tight restrictions on them. The Court’s ruling has prompted some employers to consider how they might assist...
KWW Adds Akron Attorney Karen Lefton
KWW is pleased to announce that long-time Akron attorney Karen Lefton is joining the firm in an Of Counsel capacity. Karen brings more than 25 years of legal experience to KWW. For the last eight years, Karen was Principal of her own firm, The Lefton Group, LLC....
Some Uncertainty Remains Regarding Ohio’s New Wage & Hour Law
Earlier this month, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 47, which aims to take three wage-and-hour concepts that exist under federal law and codify them into Ohio’s wage-hour statute. First and foremost, the new legislation, which becomes effective this July,...
Wilkins, McKenzie and Green named 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers
Kastner Westman & Wilkins Shareholders James P. Wilkins, John W. McKenzie and Thomas E. Green were named among the 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers, an attorney rating service designation based on peer recognition and professional achievement, in the category of Employment...
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