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Report Link Ohio Mini-COBRA Amendments and Coordination with Federal Stimulus Act.Jackson Lewis LLP - June 11, 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), amended the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), among other things, to provide a premium subsidy for certain individuals who lose health coverage in connection with an involuntary termination of employment on or after September 1, 2008. In addition, the Act extends the premium subsidy to individuals who were covered under a small health plan not subject to COBRA but subject to state law mandating certain continuation coverage (commonly referred to as “mini-COBRA”). On April 1, 2009, Governor Ted Strickland, signed H.B. 2, amending Ohio’s mini-COBRA statute (Ohio Revised Code §3923.38 and §1751.53) to allow individuals covered under small health plans to take full advantage of the federal subsidy. Report Link Handshakes Are Not Necessarily Handshakes in Ohio: Oral Contracts Are Not Worth the Paper They Are Written On.Baker Hostetler LLP - May 18, 2009 The Ohio Supreme Court, in Olympic Holding Co., L.L.C. v. ACE Ltd. (May 7, 2009), Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-2057, departed from 185 years of precedent by holding that a party seeking to enforce an unsigned contract, in this case a joint venture agreement, could not rely on the other party’s promise to sign the agreement to overcome the statute of frauds—a law barring enforcement of contracts not to be performed within one year unless the agreement is in writing and signed by the other party. Instead of allowing recovery for breach of contract, the Court held that a separate claim of promissory estoppel was an adequate remedy for any damages incurred in relying on a false promise to sign an agreement. This decision has implications for legal liability arising in contract negotiations, failed transactions, and situations where parties perform in the absence of a signed, written contract. Report Link Ohio "Celebrates" the Ten-Year Anniversary of Genaro.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 04, 2009 This year marks the tenth anniversary of what has proven to be one of the most disturbing decisions in recent Ohio employment law history. In 1999, the Ohio Supreme Court held in Genaro v. Cent. Transport, Inc., 84 Ohio St.3d 293, that individual supervisors and managers can be held jointly and severally liable with the employer for the discriminatory conduct of the supervisor or manager. Report Link Ohio Healthy Families Act Will Not Appear On November Ballot.Ogletree Deakins - September 08, 2008 Ohioans will not vote in November on whether certain Ohio employers must provide seven sick days annually to their employees. The Ohio Healthy Family Campaign, the coalition of more than 220 organizations including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that had backed the Ohio Healthy Families Act, will ask Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to remove the proposed legislation from the Ohio November 4th ballot. Proponents of the Ohio Healthy Families Act acquired enough signatures last month to get the proposed legislation on the November ballot. Report Link Mandatory Sick Leave to be Removed from November Ballot.Baker Hostetler LLP - September 05, 2008 This morning, the Service Employees International Union announced that it will ask to remove Issue 4, the Ohio Healthy Families Act, from the November ballot. Report Link Status of the Ohio Healthy Families Act and What You Need to Know About the Possible Compromise and Ballot Initiative.Baker Hostetler LLP - August 22, 2008 Developments continue to emerge regarding the status of State Issue 4 (the Ohio Healthy Families Act) and Governor Strickland's efforts to negotiate a more business-friendly compromise. The compromise would have replaced the November 4 ballot initiative that seeks to require Ohio employers to provide seven days of paid sick leave per year. The ballot initiative, however, would impose significant administrative burdens on employers, creating additional cost and confusion. Report Link Ohio Healthy Families Act (OHFA): Coming Soon to a Ballot Near You?Littler Mendelson, P.C. - June 12, 2008 Currently, private employers in Ohio are not required to provide paid sick leave to employees. The Ohio Healthy Families Act (OHFA) seeks to change that. If enacted into law, the OHFA will provide full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick leave each year, and part-time employees a pro-rated amount of leave to care for themselves and their families' health needs. Report Link Ohio Civil Rights Commission Says Maternity Leave Must Be Twelve Weeks.Ogletree Deakins - November 02, 2007 The Ohio Civil Rights Commission recently announced dramatic amendments to the state’s pregnancy discrimination regulations. (Ohio Adm. Code 4112-5-05). Until now, employers only had to allow a “reasonable period of time” for pregnancy leave. “Reasonable period of time” has been interpreted in many different ways and the period of leave granted varied from employer to employer. Under the new amendments, a minimum of twelve weeks of unpaid leave must be provided for “pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.” In addition, at the end of the leave the employee must be reinstated to “her original position or to a position of like status and pay, without loss of service credits or other benefits.”
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