Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  That is not to say that employment-at-will relationships have no defined limits. On the contrary, federal and state laws prohibit discrimination and retaliatory discharges based on race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or for public policy reasons. In particular, one of Ohio's employment statutes provides as follows: "It is an...unlawful discriminatory practice: (A) For any employer, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ancestry of a person, to discharge without just cause." In addition, Ohio and federal law forbid retaliatory discharges for filing workers' compensation claims, and for union activity, as well as for filing discrimination claims based on race, sex, age, or physical handicap. For more information, Ohio's employment laws are found at Title 41 of the Ohio Revised Code, and the federal anti-discrimination provisions can be found under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, to name just a few.
• Employment Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment