Employment law

Employees are sometimes approached with contracts that provide them with specific benefits for certain actions. One of these is a retention bonus agreement, which is a contract that offers an employee extra compensation for remaining with the employer through a...

Wage theft happens when workers are not paid properly, and their wages are essentially taken by their employer. This is sometimes done intentionally, but it can also be the result of a miscommunication or an oversight. Either way, it is important for employees to know...

Companies often hold team-building events or have parties that take place outside the workplace. Some employees travel with colleagues as part of their job - for instance, to visit a client or attend a trade show or conference. Some employees dislike these events...

Employees experience a variety of mistreatments in the workplace. These could include sexual harassment, discrimination based on protected classes or workplace retaliation. All of these could be violations of an employee’s rights. However, reports show that employees...

Many employees in the United States are at-will employees. This means they do not have an employment contract, so they have an agreement to work at the business as long as they want to. But their employer can also fire them at any time and for almost any reason, as...

You have a job, but you have spent the last few months looking for other employment. Maybe you are interested in a new opportunity or hoping for a raise. You are finally offered a job that you want to take -- but it starts in just a few days. You go to your boss and...

Overtime pay in Ohio is issued at time-and-a-half an employee’s base rate. This means that the specific payment is going to be different in every case, but that this general overtime rate always needs to be used. If an employee makes $20 an hour as their base wage,...

In a competitive job market, companies are doing everything possible to hold on to their top employees. One increasingly common strategy is the retention agreement, a contract designed to encourage valued staff to remain with the organization for a specified period of...

Consistent attendance is a key component of job performance. Employers need to be able to rely on their workers to show up when scheduled for their jobs. Many professionals pride themselves on consistent attendance. Unfortunately, sometimes personal circumstances...

Professionals negotiating a new position with an employer or preparing for a promotion often have to sign contracts. Frequently, employees simply sign whatever documents employers provide without reviewing them or countering the proposed terms in any meaningful way....