Tommy Rogers is an associate in Bricker Graydon’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, based in the firm’s Cincinnati office. In addition to his primary focus of employment litigation, Tommy advises employers on a broad range of ...
The 2024 EEO-1 Component Data Collection opened on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The deadline to file the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 report is Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Filers should read the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet to ensure they are in compliance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) substantive filing ...
By: Tommy Rogers J.D.*
It has been a busy start to President Trump’s second term in office. For some, if not most employers, it can be difficult to keep up as new Executive Orders, mandates and press releases seem to be issued daily. Here are some of the key labor updates through the first 50 days of the Trump Administration.
National Labor ...
My mother would say politics isn’t dinner table talk. Often, it is not something you want to discuss at a cocktail party, either. So, can a private employer prohibit political comments or expression in the workplace? As with most things in life, the answer is a nuanced ‘maybe’; especially since private employers cannot dictate nor control ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hopped on the bandwagon of employment law updates this week by updating its guidance to prevent workplace harassment. This guidance focuses on protecting covered employees from harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or genetic information.
Since ...
You may recall last summer, we mentioned the future of non-competes was murky at best after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule to ban all non-competes in January of 2023.
Yesterday, we learned the FTC voted to approve the proposed ban.
Under the new rule, existing non-competes for senior executives remain enforceable ...
With primary season well underway, and the general election approaching in November, it is important to know whether you are required to give employees time off to vote; And, whether that time off must be paid or unpaid. Currently, there is no federal law requiring employers give workers time off to vote. However, 30 states and the District of ...
I’m in my office, talking with Tommy about the terrible MLS schedule. He thinks FCC should not be playing in the knockout stage of CONCACAF to begin the season; “put that game mid-season, we score 3 or 4 goals in the first leg.” Then, I get a call from a client who just fired an employee. Let’s call him Johnny. Johnny was fired for being a bad ...
Last fall we discussed the monumental shift in the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) procedures to allow unions to skip the lengthy election process if an employer fails to act upon demand for recognition. And predictably, with the ease of recognition and organization, unions are taking full advantage of the NLRB regressing decades in ...
We’ve been discussing the various implications of the current ‘return to work’ push. Another implication is layoff decisions and the potential for disparate impact on remote workers, who tend to disproportionally be women and people of color.
What’s New?
Studies show remote workers are more likely to be women, people of color, and ...
Seems like every other day we hear about some company calling employees back to the office. Some go better than others. I am not the first person to say this, but we’re entering and setting up camp in a new era of work. Employers and employees have to ask themselves where they want to work and why that’s important.
When you watch or read some of these ...
With the turn of the new year, your newly invigorated gym plans and salads every night are not the only changes from 2023. Federal and Ohio law are already making “New year, New me” changes. Some changes are here to stay while others…like the salads…are only proposed changes.
Minimum Wage Increases
- Indiana – Indiana minimum wage remains ...
Beginning in 2024, more than 52,000 employers must start complying with a new OSHA rule that requires employers with 100 or more employees in certain “high hazard” industries to electronically submit annual reports to OSHA of every significant workplace injury/illness incident at the work site.
By: Daniel Burke and Tommy Rogers*
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace violence as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening or disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. It may range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and even homicide ...
By: Liam McMillin and Tommy Rogers*
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed an increase to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) annual salary threshold from $35,568 to $55,068. The proposed rule could require overtime pay for considerably more workers than under the current law, or would require employers to increase salaries to ...
By: Liam McMillin and Tommy Rogers*
There seems to be a lot of news these days involving non-compete agreements. Many companies are wondering whether their current non-competes are still enforceable, or if they should put a new one in place. Here’s the long-and-short:
In 2023, non-competes seem to be on the chopping block, but nothing has ...