When you find a potentially rewarding job opportunity, the employer may ask you to sign an employment agreement to secure the position. Your employment agreement can work for you by helping you understand and protect your rights. However, some employment agreements...
Non-compete agreements are legal contracts between an employer and an employee or between two parties in a business transaction. They work by restricting an employee or party from engaging in certain competitive activities, such as working for a competing company or...
Balancing personal health and family obligations with work commitments can be daunting for many employees. Life's unpredictability often means that workers need extended time off for various reasons, from personal health crises to pivotal family events. The Family and...
Once you find the talent you need for your business, you need to keep it – and one effective strategy to ensure that your organization doesn't lose its most valuable players is through the use of employee retention agreements. An employee retention agreement, which is...
Ohio is an at-will employment state. Essentially, this means that an employer can terminate a worker immediately without providing a reason. This also works in reverse, in the sense that an employee can leave their job without working a notice period or offering a...
Companies are responsible for the safety of their employees. One way this is done is by providing a discrimination-free environment. Federal law prohibits discrimination against someone’s race, gender, color, national origin, health, age and religion. Unfortunately, a...
Workers have protected rights that grant them safe work environments. One concern workers shouldn’t have to face is discrimination – but, it happens all too often. Discrimination can often be underhanded and subtle. It can help to watch for the following signs of...
You may have been with your company for a long time. Everything seemed fine with your work and your coworkers, until recently when you noticed something had changed. Now you have an itching feeling that something isn’t right and you're afraid that your employment is...
Employees have a right to a safe work environment. Safe doesn’t always mean the same thing, but it’s agreed that a safe workplace should be discrimination-free. A discrimination-free workplace means that anyone can work for a living wage without fear for their job or...
When you clock in at your place of work, you always do your job to your employer’s satisfaction. In return, you expect to earn a fair day’s wage. Unfortunately, some employers just don’t want to pay their employees what’s due, despite both state and federal laws in...