Workplace discrimination claims are on the rise. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports a 50% increase in employment discrimination lawsuits between fiscal years 2022 and 2023 alone. Now more than ever employers should be aware of what conduct constitutes discrimination, how to manage complaints of discrimination, and how to proactively prevent discrimination from [...]
Public and private employers alike should be aware of the recent changes to employee overtime laws. On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule (“the Final Rule”) entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees which became effective on July 1, 2024. The [...]
Congratulations go out to Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLC attorneys that have been selected as 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars by Super Lawyers® Magazine! Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Congratulations to our Super Lawyers: Daniel [...]
Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP is proud to be named to the 2024 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list for professional excellence! The firm's Litigation - Insurance, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Insurance Law, Employment and Labor Law - Management, and Civil Rights Law practice areas achieved recognition! Firms included in [...]
Seven FDAR attorneys received awards from Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition! Recognized for the first time in the 2024 Edition are Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff attorneys David A. Riepenhoff, Douglas J. Schockman, and Melanie J. Williamson as Best Lawyers and David C. Moser for the first time as a Best Lawyers - Ones [...]
Picture this: one of your employees is unhappy with their position and pay. Unfortunately, the situation cannot be resolved in a way that satisfies both them and the company, and they end up deciding to leave amicably. All is well, that is, until you find out that before they left, they decided to take a [...]
Several notable changes to Ohio's Public Records law went into effect last year. As a refresher, Ohio law mandates the disclosure of public records unless an exception applies. The Public Records Act includes numerous exceptions to the definitions of public records which permits officials to redact records, or in some instances withhold records entirely. The [...]
Are your employees going overboard on overtime? That was the case in Baton Rouge where the City discovered one employee claimed over 2,400 hours in overtime in one year. The employee, an emergency medical service supervisor, was one of many employees discovered to have claimed over 2,000 hours of overtime. The employee’s excessive overtime was [...]
Congratulations go out to Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP attorneys that have been selected as 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars by Super Lawyers® Magazine! Congratulations to our Super Lawyers: Benjamin S. Albrecht - Employment & labor, State, local & municipal, Administrative law Daniel T. Downey - Employment & labor, Civil [...]
