On July 1, 2025, Ohio became the 15th state to enact a “Mini-WARN” Act when Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 96, the biennial budget bill, into law. The new statute, codified at Ohio Revised Code § 4113.31, takes effect on Sept. 29, 2025, and introduces expanded notice obligations for employers facing plant closures
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the entity responsible for deciding cases brought under the National Labor Relations Act and reviewing decisions by lower-level administrative law judges, has been without a quorum since the beginning of this year. The NLRB is a quasi-judicial body that can have up to five members but needs at least three to establish a quorum in order to issue new decisions and to overturn decisions and priorities established by the prior administration. Continue Reading The NLRB’s quorum likely to return
Question: Our employees drive vehicles strictly for work purposes, but we do not have a policy on such use. After employees received several speeding tickets, we would like to introduce a policy that would allow management to deduct the cost of tickets from employees’ wages. Are we allowed to start introducing this type of payroll deduction?Continue Reading Q&A: Can you deduct speeding tickets from employee wages?