On January 12, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 352. The new Employment Law Uniformity Act (the “Act”) will be effective from April 12, 2021 and will apply to all future employment discrimination claims filed on or after that
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Failure to Accept Light Duty Job Offer and Denial of Compensation Under Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Laws, employers have an option to provide a light duty job offer to an injured employee with Temporary Total Disability. These job offers help the employers to
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The Ohio House Bill No. 81, which became effective from September 15, 2020, made some remarkable changes to the Workers’ Compensation Law in Ohio. Even though the intent of the Bill, as stated in the Bill was to extend coverage to detention
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What is worker’s compensation? Worker’s compensation law applies to injuries suffered at the workplace by an employee or a worker. The worker can get worker’s compensation benefits for medical bills and lost wages resulting from the injury or occupational disease caused at
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In The National Law Review article, “Changes to Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Statutes Expected to Benefit Employers”, Melissa Black, the author writes about new policy changes that affect VSSR workers’ compensation claims. A VSSR claim is a claim that arises due to an
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What is an attorney lien and what does it mean for your personal injury case? The article posted by Lexology.com, written by Goldberg Segalla titled: “Ohio Supreme Court Holds Insurers Not Responsible For Charging Liens” discusses a new ruling which impacts attorney
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The cited article written by Roetzel & Andress and published by JDSupra.com, talks about new rule recently implemented in regard to concussions sustained as a result of a work related injury. Prior to this new rule, there were no specific rules regarding
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“Coronavirus Already Sparking Workers’ Comp Claims” written by Ed Gallek, posted by Fox8.com reflects on the emerging impact that the Coronavirus will have on Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in the months to come. Already the Bureau is reporting that 18 workers
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The cited article by Anthony “T.J” Jagoditz posted by The National Law Review reflects on past changes to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations. In October of 2017 the amendment to change the Statute of Limitations from two years to one
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This article, written by Jermey Pelzer and published by Cleveland.com, provides an update to a previous blog post that can be found here in where the Ohio Senate sits on the new two year budget plan which included changes in Ohio’s Workers’
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