GENERAL INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT LAW

• Ohio Labor Law statutes: Ohio Revised Code Title 41

• National Conference of State Legislatures: 50-State Surveys

• To find a lawyer in Ohio specializing in employment law: Findlaw Directory

• Ohio Labor And Employment: Find lawyers and law firms by city or county: Lawyers.com

• United States Department of Labor: Information on wages and hours, workplace safety, retirement and health benefits, layoff resources, disability resources and more.

• American Bar Association articles on employment law topics, including sexual harassment and privacy in cyberspace.

• Employment Verification from LexisNexis

• For a website with information on employment law issues, including family & medical leave, covenants not to compete, discrimination and other issues, as well as links to more employment law resources see: Fortney & Klingshirn Employment Law Resources. Fortney & Klingshirn is a law firm in Akron, Ohio. The Cleveland Law Library makes no recommendation as to whether you should hire this firm for legal representation. The Fortney & Klingshirn website also contains a link to ask an employment lawyer a question. See: myemploymentlawyer.com

• AHI Publications: Articles and FAQs available with free registration. Articles cover such topics as access to personnel files, employee handbooks and identity theft in the workplace.

• Will Yancey's Employment Law Links

• Legal Information Institute: Law About Employment: Topics include collective bargaining, employment discrimination, unemployment compensation, workers compensation, workplace safety, and pensions. Provides text discussion and links to federal statutes.

• Employers Have “Qualified Privilege” When Conveying Information About Employees (OSBA)

• Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs under Ohio and Federal Law (LSC Members’ Brief)

• Employment-At-Will and Wrongful Discharge in Ohio (LSC Members’ Brief)

• Recommended Books available at the Cleveland Public Library, Social Sciences Department:

  1. Ohio Employment Practices Law. Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series. Cleveland, Ohio: West Group, Annual. KFO334 .S54

  2. Sautter, M. G. Employment in Ohio: a guide to employment law, regulations, and practices. 3rd ed. Carlsbad, Calif.: LEXIS Law Pub., c1997. Ref KFO331 .S28

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Employment Law Clinic

SEVERANCE PAY

• Ohio State Bar Association article on severance pay.

• Findlaw: Losing Your Job- Your Rights: Information on warnings required before layoffs, severance pay, wrongful termination, noncompetition agreements and unemployment benefits.

  
  

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

• To file a charge with a government agency for employment discrimination contact:
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (federal agency) or Ohio Civil Rights Commission.

• Right of Employees with Disabilities: Ohio State Bar Association article

• Retaliation/Whistleblowing: Ohio State Bar Association article.

• Legal Information Institute: Employment Discrimination: Text discussion and links to federal statutes.

• All-About-Qui-Tam.org: Whistleblowing.

• ACLU Workplace Rights: Includes information on discrimination, drug testing and whistleblowing.

• Neighborhood Legal Services Selected ADA Cases: Contains selected Americans with Disabilities Act cases decided by federal courts, organized by circuit.

• Findlaw: Discrimination and Harassment

• Whistleblower.org: The Government Accountability Project defends whistleblowers. Their website has information on corporate accountability, environmental issues, nuclear oversight and food and drug safety.

WORKERS COMPENSATION

• For information on Worker's Compensation, including how to apply for worker's compensation benefits, information for businesses and medical providers, link to: Worker's Compensation

• For information on worker's compensation appeals see: Industrial Commission

• A commercial site, which contains statutes, rules, forms and FAQs.Workerscompensation.com

  
  

WAGES, HOURS AND LEAVE

• Coffee breaks and Lunch Breaks: See U.S. Department of Labor Article

• Wages and hours: For entities grossing over $500,000 a year or involved in interstate commerce see U.S. Department of Commerce, Wage and Hour Division. Otherwise, see Ohio Department of Commerce: Division of Labor and Worker Safety: Wage and Hour Division, which administers and enforces Ohio's Minimum Wage Laws, Ohio's Minor Labor Law, and Ohio's Prevailing Wage Law.

• 50 State Minimum Wage Map: From the U.S. Department of Labor

• Family and Medical Leave Act: Ohio State Bar Q & A on Family & Medical Leave.

• Findlaw: Wages, Hours and Leave

• Findlaw: Family and Medical Leave

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

• For information on unemployment compensation see: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.

• For unemployment compensation appeals see: Unemployment Compensation Review Commission.

• Findlaw: Losing Your Job- Your Rights: Information on warnings required before layoffs, severance pay, wrongful termination, noncompetition agreements and unemployment benefits.

  
  

LABOR LAW

• Findlaw Labor Law

• Union Reports, Constitutions and Bylaws

PENSIONS

• Pension and Benefit Guaranty Corporation

• Employee Benefits Security Administration

• Legal Information Institute: Pensions

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